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
- Someone or something which aggregates; An online...
Ancestry of “aggregator”, step by step
aggregator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aggregate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aggregate | A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars;... |
| 2 | Middle English | aggregat | — |
| 3 | Latin | aggregatus | added to a flock, brought together in a flock,... |
| 4 | Latin | aggregō | to bring, attach or add to a crowd or flock; lump together |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |