History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English
collecte, collet, borrowed from Anglo-French
collecte, borrowed from Medieval Latin
collēcta, perhaps going back to Late Latin, in sense "gathering place, assembly" (assuming the original reference was to
ōrātiō ad collēctam, a prayer recited at the congregation's gathering place), going back to Latin, feminine of
collēctus, past participle of
colligere "to gather together, assemble, accumulate" — more at
collect entry 2Verb
Middle English
collecten "to accumulate, infer, calculate," borrowed from Anglo-French
collecter, borrowed from Latin
collēctus, past participle of
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