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Where does “aggregator” come from?

Aggregator comes from English aggregate, from Latin aggregatus meaning "assembled together," from Latin aggrego "to add to a flock," composed of Latin ad- "to" and grex "flock."

aggregator (English): Someone or something which aggregates; An online...

Definitions

  1. Someone or something which aggregates; An online...

Ancestry of “aggregator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaggregateA mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars;...
2Middle Englishaggregat—
3Latinaggregatusadded to a flock, brought together in a flock,...
4Latinaggregō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →