Where does “aggregate” come from?
Aggregate comes from Latin aggregatus, the past participle of aggrego meaning "to gather together," from ad- "to" and grex "flock," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd.
aggregate (English): A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars;...
Definitions
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars;...
Ancestry of “aggregate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | aggregat | — |
| 2 | Latin | aggregatus | added to a flock, brought together in a flock,... |
| 3 | Latin | aggregō | to bring, attach or add to a crowd or flock; lump together |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |