camaraderie

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The Word of the Day for September 19 is:

camaraderie   \kahm-RAH-duh-ree\   noun
      : a spirit of friendly good-fellowship

Example sentence:
      The sense of camaraderie among colleagues in the sales department is the 
main reason Julie enjoys coming to work each day.

Did you know?
      "Camaraderie" comes from "camarade," the French word whose Middle French 
ancestor was also the source for our word "comrade." "Camaraderie" made its 
first appearance in English in the middle of the 19th century. In Middle 
French, "camarade" was used to mean "roommate," "companion," or "a group 
sleeping in one room." It derived by way of Old Spanish from the Late Latin 
"camera," meaning "chamber." We also have the word "comradery," which means the 
same thing as "camaraderie" but did not take the same etymological route as its 
synonym. That word, formed by attaching the "-ry" suffix (as found in 
"wizardry" and "citizenry") to "comrade," didn't appear in English until almost 
40 years after "camaraderie."  




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