Where does “collector” come from?
Collector comes from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collector, from Latin colligo meaning "to gather together," formed from con- "together" and ligo meaning "to bind."
collector (English): A person who or thing that collects, or which...
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- A person who or thing that collects, or which...
Ancestry of “collector”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | collectour | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | collectour | — |
| 3 | Latin | collector | — |
| 4 | Latin | colligō | — |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “collector”