Kolkhoz
/ˈkɒl.kɒz/noun
A collective farm in the former Soviet Union, especially one operated as a cooperative under state supervision.
Did you know?Kolkhozy were officially cooperative farms, but during Stalin’s collectivization campaign they became instruments of state control over land, labor, and grain.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leg-
“To gather or collect; the ancient root behind several Latin words involving assembling or choosing.”
Classical Latin
Latin
colligere
“To gather together, collect, or assemble; formed from com- (“together”) and legere (“gather”).”
Late Latin
Latin
collectivus
“Collective or gathered together.”
19th Century
Russian
коллективное хозяйство
“Collective хозяйство: literally, a collective farm or collective agricultural household/economy.”
1920s
Russian
колхоз
“A clipped abbreviation of коллективное хозяйство, used for a Soviet collective farm.”
1930s
English
kolkhoz
“An English borrowing referring to a Soviet collective farm.”