English
accumulation
Accumulation comes from Latin accumulātiō ‘the act of heaping up’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumulātiō‘the act of heaping up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acumulacyon
- Englishearliest quotation 1958accumulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumulātiō‘the act of heaping up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acumulacyon
- Englishearliest quotation 1958accumulation
Earliest quotation: 1958, T. S. Lascelles, Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway: “At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel…”
A compound of cumulus ‘heap, pile’ + cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’ + accumulō ‘to add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate,…’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Latin cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Latin cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’
Latin accumulō ‘to add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate, load, amass’
first attested First attested in the late 15th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the late 15th century.
Every English word from Latin accumulātiō
Today it means
noun The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accumulātiō / accumulation