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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-549/
- Published: 2021-07-31T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-10T20:24:04.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

The word for today is…

collaborate (verb) –

1 : to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor  
2 : to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one’s country and especially an occupying force  
3 : to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collaborate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The Latin prefix com-, meaning “with, together, or jointly,” is a bit of a chameleon – it has a tricky habit of changing its appearance depending on what it’s next to. If the word it precedes begins with “l,” “com-” becomes “col-.” In the case of collaborate, com- teamed up with laborare (“to labour”) to form Late Latin collaborare (“to labour together”). Colleague, collect, and collide are a few more examples of the “com-” to “col-” transformation. Other descendants of laborare in English include elaborate,- \_laboratory, and labour itself.

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