Etymology

omnium-gatherum

Today it means: A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. Full definition →

Latin omnium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromomnium“of all”
  2. English todayomnium-gatherum

Dog Latin, a reduplication derived from Latin omnium (“of all”) and gather + Latin -um, suggesting a collection of everything.

Words from the same roots

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