English
collatitious
Collatitious comes from Latin collātīcius ‘brought together, raised by contribution’, from ferō ‘to bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-1‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti1‘to be carrying’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō1‘to bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnferō2‘bring together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātus3‘brought together, having been brought together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātīcius4‘brought together, raised by contribution’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātītius4later form of collātīcius
- Englishearliest quotation 1806collatitious4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin confero
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin collatus
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin collaticius
- 4 Wiktionary, English collatitious
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1806, Thomas Moore, Pic-Nics: “The Greeks and Romans[…]had certain entertainments which they called…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-Wiktionary, Latin confero‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéretiWiktionary, Latin confero‘to be carrying’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferōWiktionary, Latin confero‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferōWiktionary, Latin confero‘to bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnferōWiktionary, Latin collatus‘bring together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātusWiktionary, Latin collaticius‘brought together, having been brought together’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātīciusWiktionary, English collatitious‘brought together, raised by contribution’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollātītiusWiktionary, English collatitiouslater form of collātīcius
- Englishearliest quotation 1806collatitiousWiktionary, English collatitious. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1806, Thomas Moore, Pic-Nics: “The Greeks and Romans[…]had certain entertainments which they called…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, bier, furtive, bahar, proffer, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 113 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, euphoria, phosphorus, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, deference, infertility, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 68 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, relative, differ, referendum, relate, translation, referee, relation, strangely, translate, fertility, frustration, fertile, extravagant, defer, infer, infra, frustrate, fertilization, strangeness, elated, extraneous, fertilize, ablation, efferent, estrange, dilate, elation, ablative, oblate, 79 more
through Latin cōnferō ‘bring together’
Today it means
adj Characterised by the contributions of many people.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “collatitious”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin confero, Latin collatus, Latin collaticius. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / collatitious