Etymology

recollection

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Today it means: The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory. Full definition →

French récollection ← Latin recollectus
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recollection · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromrecollectus
  2. French · borrowed fromrécollection
  3. English todayrecollection

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

recollection · noun2

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcollection
  7. English todayrecollection

From re- + collection.

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