Gathering
/ˈɡæð.ər.ɪŋ/noun
A meeting or assembly of people or things; the act of collecting or bringing together.
Did you know?The word traces back to Old English *gaderian*, a verb tied to the idea of assembling things into one place, and its deeper Germanic relatives are connected to notions of joining and fitting together, not just casual socializing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gadurōną / *gadērjaną
“To bring together, assemble”
Old English
OE
gadrian / gadrian
“To gather, collect, assemble”
Middle English
ME
gaderen / gatheren
“To collect, assemble; bring into one place”
Modern English
English
gather
“To collect or bring together; to assemble”
Modern English
English
gathering
“An assembly or the act of collecting or bringing together”