collect

collect · verb, adjective, adverb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leǵ-“to gather, collect”
2. Latin · derived fromcollecta“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromcollectare“to collect money”
4. Old French · derived fromcollecter
5. Middle English · inherited fromcollecten
6. English todaycollect

From Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

collect · noun²

1. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromcollēcta“assembly; collect”
2. Middle English · inherited fromcollecte
3. English todaycollect

From Middle English collecte, from Ecclesiastical Latin collēcta (“assembly; collect”), originally designating the gathering at the beginning of a liturgical celebration.

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