Where does “colecționar” come from?
colecționar (Romanian) comes from French collectionneur, from French collectionner, from French collection, from Latin collectio, from Latin collēctus, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
colecționar (Romanian): collector
Ancestry of “colecționar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | collectionneur | collector; one who collects |
| 2 | French | collectionner | to collect |
| 3 | French | collection | collection |
| 4 | Latin | collectio | The act of collecting together; accumulation,... |
| 5 | Latin | collēctus | — |
| 6 | Latin | colligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colligō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |