Etymology

congeries

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Today it means: A collection or aggregation of disparate items. Full definition →

Latin congeriēs
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcongeriēs“a heap, mass, pile”
  2. English todaycongeries

Borrowed from Latin congeriēs (“a heap, mass, pile”), from congerō (“to carry together, heap”).

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