English
collaboration
Collaboration comes from Late Latin collaboratus ‘collaborated’, from Latin labōrō ‘work’, and ultimately from Old Latin labōs.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCElabōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabor‘work’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrō‘work’next step skipped: Late Latin collabōrō
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcollaboratus‘collaborated’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcollaboration
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCElabōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabor‘work’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrō‘work’next step skipped: Late Latin collabōrō
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcollaboratus‘collaborated’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcollaboration
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
Earliest quotation: 2023, chilcottharry, So you want to start reading Warhammer 40,000? Here’s where : “With the recent announcement of a Cinematic Universe being…”
Formed from collaborate + -ion
Latin collabōrō ‘to work together with others’
French collaborer ‘to collaborate’
French collaborateur ‘collaborator’
English collaborate
The story
Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (‘with’) + labōrō (‘work’).
Linked words
through Latin labor ‘work’
labour, lava, lapse, laborious, labile, 11 more
through Latin labōrō ‘work’
Today it means
noun The act of collaborating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin labōs / collaboration