Etymology

collaborate

col·lab·or·ate
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Today it means: To work together with others to achieve a common goal. Full definition →

French collaborateur ← Late Latin collabōrātus
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromcollabōrātus
  2. French · derived fromcollaborer
  3. French · derived fromcollaborateur
  4. English todaycollaborate

Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French collaborer or directly from Late Latin collabōrātus, past participle of collabōrāre. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcollaborateur all →

collaborator

Late Latincollabōrātus all →

collaboration

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.