English
aggregation
Aggregation comes from Latin aggregō ‘aggregate’, from gregō ‘collect, assemble’, and ultimately from grex ‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a swarm (of insects), etc’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregō‘collect, assemble’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggregō‘aggregate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggregātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 2002aggregation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a swarm (of insects), etc’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregō‘collect, assemble’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggregō‘aggregate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggregātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 2002aggregation
Earliest quotation: 2002, Kirk Knoernschild, Java Design: Objects: “The difference between an association and an aggregation is…”
Linked words
through Latin grex ‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a…’
through Latin gregō ‘collect, assemble’
Today it means
noun The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grex / aggregation