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College

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an institution of higher education, or a group of people with a shared purpose
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Stage 1 of 2
collegium
Latin · ancient
"a group gathered together"
a group gathered together, a partnership, from com- (together) and legere (to gather)
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Stage 2 of 2
college
English · 1300s
"an institution of higher education"
settled as the English word for an institution of higher education
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