collecting
English
/kəˈlɛktɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
Etymology
Suffix from English collect.
Origin
English
collect
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ant English
- collect English
- collectable English
- collectathon English
- collected English
- collecter English
- collectest English
- collecteth English
- collectible English
- collectomania English
- miscollect English
- noncollecting English
- overcollect English
- skull English
- skull-collecting ant English
- undercollect English
- collecten Middle English