English
agglomeration
Agglomeration comes from Latin agglomerātiō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagglomerātiō
- Englishtodayagglomeration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagglomerātiō
- Englishtodayagglomeration
Equivalent to agglomerate + -ion
Latin glomus ‘a ball’
Latin glomerō ‘to wind into a ball’
Latin agglomerō ‘to wind into a ball’
Latin agglomerātus
English agglomerate
Every English word from Latin agglomerātiō
Today it means
noun The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agglomerātiō / agglomeration