Amassment
/əˈmæs.mənt/noun
The act or process of amassing; accumulation.
Did you know?Amassment is built from the same Latin root as 'mass'—originally tied to a lump or heap—so the word literally carries the image of matter being piled into one dense body.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meh₂-
“to measure, to fix in size”
Latin
Latin
massa
“a lump, dough, or compact mass”
Late Latin
Latin
massa
“a heap or mass”
Old French
Old French
amasser
“to gather together, heap up”
Middle English
English
amassen
“to gather, collect”
Modern English
English
amassment
“the act of amassing or collecting in a large quantity”