Etymology

collectivism

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Today it means: An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively Full definition →

English collective ← Middle French collectif ← Latin collēctīvus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*legō
  9. Latinlegō
  10. Latincolligō
  11. Latincollēctus
  12. Latincollēctīvus
  13. Middle Frenchcollectif
  14. Englishcollective
  15. English todaycollectivism

From collective + -ism.

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