English
collegiate
Collegiate comes from Medieval Latin collēgiātus ‘colleague’, from collēgium ‘community, group’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lēks‘law’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēx‘the legal machinery of a state, the law’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElēgō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollēga‘colleague’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500collēgium‘community, group’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500collēgiātus‘colleague’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500collegiate‘Ruled by a grouping of clergy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1624collegiate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lēks‘law’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēx‘the legal machinery of a state, the law’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElēgō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollēga‘colleague’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500collēgium‘community, group’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500collēgiātus‘colleague’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500collegiate‘Ruled by a grouping of clergy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1624collegiate
Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “those tables of artificial sines and tangents, not long…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
law, low, lie, lawyer, fellow, layer, log, litter, ledger, lair, ledge, lawless, lees, lig, underlay, leaguer, lagan, lias, 19 more
through Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs
disloyalty, illegality, 7 more
through Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’
through Latin lēx ‘the legal machinery of a state, the law’
legal, lay, loyal, lex, leal, 11 more
through Latin lēgō
election, collection, lesson, select, elite, legend, legacy, eligible, lecture, elect, collective, elegant, coil, delegation, negligence, legion, collector, diligent, negligent, delegate, negligible, cull, legible, legation, lectern, lector, ineligibility, relegate, legate, 26 more
through Latin collēga ‘colleague’
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lēks / collegiate