college

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where students study after secondary school, often to earn a degree.

   She is studying engineering at college.

2. 2
   noun

   One of the separate parts that make up some universities.

   He was accepted into one of Oxford's oldest colleges.

3. 3
   noun

   An organized group of people with a shared purpose or profession.

   The college of cardinals will choose the new pope.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin collēgiumbor. Old French college Middle French collegebor. Middle Engli…

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