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Two or more people sharing credit for the idea nobody actually finished alone.
means The act of working together with others toward a shared goal or output.
from From Latin collaborare — 'com-' (together) plus 'laborare' (to work, to labor). It entered English via French in the 1800s, originally carrying a neutral, almost bureaucratic tone of joint labor. The word later picked up a darker shadow meaning — 'collaborator' as one who cooperates with an occupying enemy — a sense that emerged around wartime occupations and still haunts the word's edges today.
- word's dark past
- In WWII, collaborator meant someone aiding occupying enemy forces
- etymology twin
- Shares a root with labor, laboratory, and elaborate
- corporate irony
- Studies show open-plan offices often decrease face-to-face collaboration
- first recorded use
- English adoption traces to the early 1800s, from French