Etymology

consociation

con·so·ci·at·ion
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Today it means: Associating, or coming together in a union; (countable) an instance of this. Full definition →

Latin cōnsociātiōnem ← Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sekʷ-“to follow”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromcōnsociātiōnem
  3. English todayconsociation

PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Latin cōnsociātiōnem, the accusative singular of cōnsociātiō (“alliance; association, union”), from cōnsociō (“to make common; to associate; to connect, join (in), unite; to agree with; to share”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions). Cōnsociō is derived from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several things) + sociō (“to ally, associate; to join, unite; to share in”) (from socius (“associated; joining in, sharing, partaking; akin, kindred, related; allied, confederate, leagued, united”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ- all →

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