Meaning

noun the body of faculty and students of a college

noun an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

noun a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed

originEtymology 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 Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-yós…

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