aggregation
/ˌæɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/a-gruh-GAY-shuhn
/ˌæɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/a-gruh-GAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of aggregating
Common meaning: gathering into a mass
- agto, towards (form of ad-)
- grega flock, herdLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 830 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘a flock, herd’ → aggregation
Journey through time
- Latingrex, gregis‘a flock, herd’
- Englishaggregate‘a total formed by combining’
- Englishformed in English from aggregateaggregation‘gathering into a mass’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from aggregate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), AGGREGATE, p.12 · scan
Roots
- grex, gregis Latin “a flock, herd”
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