Aggregation
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/noun
The act of gathering things together into a whole, or the state of being collected into a mass.
Did you know?It ultimately comes from Latin aggrēgāre, “to add to a flock,” from grex, “flock,” the same root behind words like gregarious—so aggregation began as a very literal act of forcing things into a group.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ger-
“to gather, collect”
Latin
Latin
grex, gregis
“a flock, herd, or group”
Classical Latin
Latin
aggregāre
“to add to a flock; to gather together”
Late Latin
Latin
aggregātiō
“a gathering together”
Middle English
English
aggregation
“the act of collecting or massing together”
Modern English
English
aggregation
“the act or result of gathering into a whole”
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