Etymograph

English

colligate

Colligate comes from Middle English colligat(e) ‘bound together’, from Latin colligō ‘to bind, fasten’, and ultimately from ligō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEligō‘tie, bind, fasten’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolligō‘to bind, fasten’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolligātus‘fastened together, having been fastened together, connected, having been connected’perfect passive participle of colligō
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500colligat(e)‘bound together’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1578colligate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEligō‘tie, bind, fasten’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolligō‘to bind, fasten’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolligātus‘fastened together, having been fastened together, connected, having been connected’perfect passive participle of colligō
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500colligat(e)‘bound together’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1578colligate

Earliest quotation: 1578, John Banister, The Historie of Man: “The first & second Vertebre […] are most especially…”

Equivalent to co- + ligate

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

English co-

Latin ligō ‘to bind’

Latin ligātus ‘connected, tied, bound, having been connected’

English ligate

first attested First attested in 1471 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1471, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English colligat(e) (‘bound together’)(adjective), Latin colligātus, perfect passive participle of colligō (‘to bind, fasten; to unite, combine’), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- ‘to bind’

obligation, oblige, 12 more

through Latin ligō ‘tie, bind, fasten’

league, religious, religion, ally, liable, alloy, liaison, lien, ligament, ligand, religiosity, liaise, ligature, legato, ligation, obligate, 13 more

through Latin colligō ‘to bind, fasten’

collection, collective, coil, collector, cull, recollect, 1 more

Today it means

verb To tie or bind together.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin ligō / colligate

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