The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leǵ-“to gather, collect”
- Latin · derived fromcollēctiō, collēctiōnem
- Old French · derived fromcollection
- Middle English · inherited fromcolleccioun
- English todaycollection
From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalent to collect + -ion.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*leǵ- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.