collegium

Meaning

  1. (declension-2) colleagueship, (connection of associates, colleagues, etc.)
  2. (declension-2) guild, corporation, company, society, college (concrete definition: persons united by the same office or calling or living by some common set of rules)
  3. (declension-2) college (several senses)
  4. (declension-2) school

Synonyms

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[kɔlˈleː.ɡi.ũː]
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin lēx Latin -ō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-yós Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin collegium collēga (“colleague”) + -ium

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