Where does “recollection” come from?
Recollection derives from English collect, from Latin recolligo meaning to gather again, formed from the prefix re- and Latin ligo meaning to bind or tie.
recollection (English): The act of recollecting, or recalling to the...
Definitions
- The act of recollecting, or recalling to the...
Ancestry of “recollection”, step by step
recollection traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collection
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collection | A set of items or amount of material procured or... |
| 2 | Old French | collection | — |
| 3 | Latin | collectio | The act of collecting together; accumulation,... |
| 4 | Latin | collēctus | gathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled |
| 5 | Latin | colligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via French récollection
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | récollection | — |
| 2 | Latin | recollectus | — |
| 3 | Latin | recolligere | present active infinitive of recolligō; to... |
| 4 | Latin | recolligo | I recover, gather again, collect; pull oneself... |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |