Colleagues


[kol-eeg] /ˈkɒl ig/

noun
1.
an associate.
/ˈkɒliːɡ/
noun
1.
a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc
n.

1530s, from Middle French collègue (16c.), from Latin collega “partner in office,” from com- “with” (see com-) + leg-, stem of legare “to choose” (see legate). So, “one chosen to work with another,” or “one chosen at the same time as another.”

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