collideyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
collide: [17] Collide comes from Latin collīdere, a compound verb formed from com- ‘together’ and laedere ‘injure by striking’. Other English descendants of laedere are elide and lesion.
=> elide, lesion
collide (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1620s, from Latin collidere "strike together," from com- "together" (see com-) + laedere "to strike, injure by striking," which is of unknown origin. For Latin vowel change, see acquisition. Related: Collided; colliding.
collision (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., from Middle French collision (15c.), from Latin collisionem (nominative collisio) "a dashing together," noun of action from collidere (see collide).