SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Collect — Word History
Publishes the compound analysis of collect.
com- + legere- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 28
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
resolvedestablished
Is collect really com- plus legere?
Yes. Latin colligere contains the assimilated together-prefix com- / col- and legere “gather, select.”
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 28
collect
/kəˈlɛkt/ · verb · noun · adjective
To bring together, accumulate, infer, or receive; from Latin colligere, literally built with a together-prefix and legere.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02contextlexical database
Logeion: colligō
Supplies the Latin lexical form and semantic range.
colligō- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Classics Department Editors
- YEAR
- Not recorded
- PUBLISHER
- University of Chicago
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- STATUS
- resolved
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- Merriam-Webster: collect; Logeion: colligō
The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.