Where does “misrecollection” come from?
misrecollection (English) comes from English recollection, from English collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collectio, from Latin collēctus, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
misrecollection (English): Erroneous or inaccurate recollection
Definitions
- Erroneous or inaccurate recollection
Ancestry of “misrecollection”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recollection | The act of recollecting, or recalling to the... |
| 2 | English | collection | A set of items or amount of material procured or... |
| 3 | Old French | collection | — |
| 4 | Latin | collectio | The act of collecting together; accumulation,... |
| 5 | Latin | collēctus | gathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled |
| 6 | Latin | colligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |