Where does “cull” come from?
Cull comes from English cully, from English cullion, from Latin colligo meaning to gather together, ultimately from Latin ligo meaning to bind.
cull (English): To pick or take someone or something; To gather,...
Definitions
- To pick or take someone or something; To gather,...
Ancestry of “cull”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cullen | to strike, beat, cut |
| 2 | Old French | cuillir | collect, gather, select |
| 3 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 4 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |