Cumulate
/ˈkjuːmjʊleɪt/noun
To gather or pile up in a mass or whole.
Did you know?Cumulate comes from Latin *cumulare*, “to heap up,” from *cumulus* meaning “heap” or “pile,” the same root behind the cloud name *cumulus* — the sky literally named its pile-form from the same ancient idea.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keuh₂-
“to swell, pile up, or be full”
Latin
Latin
cumulus
“a heap, mound, or pile”
Latin
Latin
cumulāre
“to heap up, fill to the top”
Late Latin
Latin
cumulātus
“heaped up, accumulated”
Middle French
French
cumuler
“to accumulate or pile together”
Modern English
English
cumulate
“to gather or build up in a mass or total”
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