Etymology

collector

col·lec·tor
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Today it means: A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection. Full definition →

Middle English collectour ← Anglo-Norman collectour ← Late Latin collēctor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcolligō“to gather together”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromcollēctor
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcollectour
  4. Middle English · inherited fromcollectour
  5. English todaycollector

Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.