Where does “collection” come from?

Collection comes from Old French collection, derived from Latin collectio, the noun form of collectus, past participle of colligo, meaning to gather together.

collection (English): A set of items or amount of material procured or...

Definitions

  1. A set of items or amount of material procured or...

Ancestry of “collection”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcollection—
2LatincollectioThe act of collecting together; accumulation,...
3Latincollēctusgathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled
4Latincolligeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latincolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “collection”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →