Etymology

compile

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Today it means: To make by gathering pieces from various sources. Full definition →

Middle English compilen ← Old French compiler ← Latin compīlō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcompīlō“to plunder”
  2. Old French · derived fromcompiler
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcompilen
  4. English todaycompile

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchcompiler all →

compilate

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.