English
acervation
Acervation comes from Latin acervatio ‘the act of heaping or piling up, accumulation’, from acervō ‘heap up’, and ultimately from acervus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacervus‘mass, heap, pile, stack, cluster’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacervō‘heap up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacervatio‘the act of heaping or piling up, accumulation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1620acervation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacervus‘mass, heap, pile, stack, cluster’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacervō‘heap up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacervatio‘the act of heaping or piling up, accumulation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1620acervation
Earliest quotation: 1620, Thomas Lodge, Of Naturall Questions: “Is it to be doubted that amongst these bodies…”
Every English word from Latin acervus
Today it means
noun A heaping up; accumulation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin acervus / acervation