colleague English · revision 10672

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1524|origins=frm collègue|origins=la collega}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈkɒl.iːɡ/, US /ˈkɑː.liːɡ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|collègue]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a learned borrowing of Latin [[m|la|collēga|t=partner in office]], literally one chosen together with another,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from col- (com-), together, and lēgāre, to send or choose as a deputy (see [[legate]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One associated with another in office or employment: 1524 in the OED,^(OED 1989) before 1533 in Barnhart, the 1530s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A confederate or ally was an obsolete sense of 1670.^(OED 1989) The verb colleague, to unite or ally (about 1534), is a different word, from Middle French colliguer, Latin colligāre, to bind together, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1524 – an associate in office.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1534 – to ally (verb, obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1670 – an ally (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who works with another in the same profession, office or [[staff]]; an [[associate]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[colleagueship]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[collegial]]

+ * [[collegiate]]

+ * [[legate]]

+ * [[college]]

+ * [[delegate]]

+ * [[league]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}