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Aggregate

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a whole formed by combining separate parts or elements
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Stage 1 of 3
grex
Latin · ancient
"flock, herd"
flock, herd
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Stage 2 of 3
aggregare
Latin · ancient
"to bring together into a flock"
to bring together into a flock, from ad- (to) and grex (flock)
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Stage 3 of 3
aggregate
English · 1400s
"a total formed by combining separate elements"
settled as the English word for a total formed by combining separate parts
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