English
gregaric
Gregaric comes from Latin gregis, and goes back to grex ‘group’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘group’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenitive
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregis
- Englishearliest quotation 2004gregaric
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘group’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenitive
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregis
- Englishearliest quotation 2004gregaric
Earliest quotation: 2004, Z. Fric, M. Konvicka: “Within the Araschnia-clade, larval gregaric habits, host plants, and…”
Formed from gregis + -aric
Linked words
through Latin grex ‘group’
aggregate, congregation, aggregation, egregious, congregate, segregate, 7 more
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a grex.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grex / gregaric