"to collect (stamps, coins)" in seven languages
Meaningto collect (stamps, coins)
Spanish
coleccionar
/kolekθjoˈnaɾ/
learned
Built on colección.
French
collectionner
/kɔlɛksjɔne/
learned
Built on collection.
Italian
collezionare
/kollettsjoˈnare/
learned
Built on collezione.
Portuguese
colecionar
/kolesjoˈnah/
learned
Romanian
colecționa
/kolektsioˈna/
borrowed · French collectionner
Catalan
col·leccionar
/kuləksiuˈna/
learned
English
collect
/kəˈlɛkt/
from Latin/French · Old French collecter, Latin COLLĒCTUM
English → Italianto collect (stamps, coins)collezionareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COLLĒCTIŌNEM‘a gathering together (COLLIGERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The hobby verbs are modern, built on the learned noun 'collection'. The inherited verb from COLLIGERE means 'to pick, gather': Spanish recoger, French cueillir, Italian cogliere.
English relatives: collection, collector, collective
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In a sentence
- esColecciona sellos antiguos.
- frIl collectionne les vieux timbres.
- itColleziona francobolli antichi.
- ptEle coleciona selos antigos.
- roColecționează timbre vechi.
- caCol·lecciona segells antics.
- enHe collects old stamps.
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