Where does “compilation” come from?
Compilation derives from Latin compilatio, from compilare meaning to plunder or gather together, from the prefix com- meaning with or together.
compilation (English): The act or process of compiling or gathering...
Definitions
- The act or process of compiling or gathering...
Ancestry of “compilation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | compilatio | The act of carrying off or snatching together;... |
| 2 | Latin | compīlō | to snatch together and carry off; plunder, pillage, rob, steal |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |