The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
- Proto-Italic*legō
- Latinlegō
- Latincolligō
- Latincollēctus
- Latincollēctīvus
- Middle Frenchcollectif
- English todaycollective
From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.