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- Latin · derived fromcollātus
- English todaycollate
From Latin collātus, perfect passive participle of conferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of confer. See also infer, delate and defer (Etymology 2), relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Not related to collateral.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.