Etymograph

English

agrégé

Agrégé comes from French agréger ‘to aggregate’, from Latin aggregō ‘to flock together’, and ultimately from grex.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a swarm (of insects), etc’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregō‘collect, assemble’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggregōas aggregāre‘to flock together’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentagrégeras agrégé‘to aggregate’
  5. Englishtodayagrégé

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a swarm (of insects), etc’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregō‘collect, assemble’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggregōas aggregāre‘to flock together’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentagrégeras agrégé‘to aggregate’
  5. Englishtodayagrégé

Linked words

through Latin grex ‘a group of smaller animals: a flock, a pack, a…’

egregious, gregarious, 6 more

through Latin gregō ‘collect, assemble’

congregation, congregate, segregate

through Latin aggregō ‘to flock together’

aggregate, aggregation

Today it means

noun In France, a civil servant who teaches as a professor.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin grex / agrégé

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