Etymology

aggregate

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Today it means: A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole. Full definition →

Middle English aggregat(e) ← New Latin aggregātum
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aggregate · noun1

  1. New Latin · derived fromaggregātum“an aggregate”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromaggregat(e)“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”
  3. English todayaggregate

From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious. See also ag-.

aggregate · adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromaggregat(e)“aggregated”
  2. English todayaggregate

From Middle English aggregat(e) (“aggregated”, used as the past participle of aggregaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

aggregate · verb3

  1. Latin · derived fromaggregātus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromaggregaten“to aggregate”
  3. English todayaggregate

From Middle English aggregaten (“to aggregate”), from its earlier borrowed past participle aggregat(e) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin aggregātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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