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Collate comes from Latin collātus ‘brought together, having been brought together’, from ferō ‘to bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnferō‘bring together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātus‘brought together, having been brought together’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651collate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnferō‘bring together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātus‘brought together, having been brought together’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651collate
Earliest quotation: 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Section IV: “Becauſe thoſe hereticall Biſhops being depoſed and reduced into…”
The story
Not related to collateral.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, proffer, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphorus, euphoria, phosphate, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 92 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 69 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, relative, translation, differ, referendum, relation, referee, frustration, fertility, strangely, fertile, relate, translate, extravagant, defer, infer, fertilization, infra, extraneous, strangeness, frustrate, fertilize, ablation, elated, elation, efferent, estrange, ablative, dilate, oblate, 80 more
through Latin cōnferō ‘bring together’
Today it means
verb To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / collate