English
collaborate
Collaborate comes from French collaborateur ‘collaborator’, and goes back to Latin collabōrō ‘to work together with others’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollabōrō‘to work together with others’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcollaborer‘to collaborate’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcollaborateur‘collaborator’
- Englishtodaycollaborate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollabōrō‘to work together with others’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcollaborer‘to collaborate’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcollaborateur‘collaborator’
- Englishtodaycollaborate
Every English word from Latin collabōrō
Today it means
verb To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin collabōrō / collaborate