cull · verb, noun1
- Latin · derived fromcolligō“gather together”
- Old French · derived fromcuillir“collect, gather, select”
- Middle English · inherited fromcullen
- English todaycull
From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.
cull · noun2
Perhaps an abbreviation of cully.
Words from the same roots
Latincolligō all →
collectorcoil
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.