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Where does “recollect” come from?

Recollect comes from Latin recolligo, formed from the prefix re- and ligo meaning to bind or gather together.

recollect (English): To recall; to collect one's thoughts again,...

Definitions

  1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again,...

Ancestry of “recollect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollectTo gather together; amass; To get; particularly,...
2Frenchcollectecollecting, collection
3Latincollēcta—
4Latincollēctus—
5Latincolligeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latincolligō—
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “recollect”

  • recollection
  • recollecting
  • misrecollection
  • recollecteth
  • recollectest
  • misrecollect
  • recollectingly
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