Where does “collectedness” come from?
collectedness (English) comes from English collected, from English collect, from French collecte, from Latin collēcta, from Latin collēctus, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
collectedness (English): The state or quality of being collected
Definitions
- The state or quality of being collected
Ancestry of “collectedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | collected | Gathered together; Cool‐headed, emotionally... |
| 2 | English | collect | To gather together; amass; To get; particularly,... |
| 3 | French | collecte | collecting, collection |
| 4 | Latin | collēcta | — |
| 5 | Latin | collēctus | — |
| 6 | Latin | colligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colligō | — |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |