English word coil comes from Latin lego, Latin col- (With; together.), Dutch legere, Dutch col-, Latin con-, English com- (The form of con- used before b, m, and p.), English legare, Latin ligo, Spanish colligo
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| lego | Latin (lat) | I collect, gather, bring together. I choose, select, appoint. I read. |
| col- | Latin (lat) | With; together. |
| legere | Dutch (nld) | |
| col- | Dutch (nld) | |
| con- | Latin (lat) | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word. |
| com- | English (eng) | The form of con- used before b, m, and p. |
| legare | English (eng) | |
| ligo | Latin (lat) | I bandage, wrap around.. I tie, bind.. I unite. A hoe, mattock. |
| colligo | Spanish (spa) | |
| com- | Latin (lat) | |
| colligere | Dutch (nld) | |
| colligo | Latin (lat) | (in a reflexive sense) I collect or compose myself, recover my courage or resolution.. (of a number, chiefly, a distance) I amount or come to, extend; am reckoned (in a passive sense).. I gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest.. I get, gain, acquire, produce, collect.. I make thick, thicken; bind or mass together.. I [...] |
| coillir | Middle French (frm) | |
| coil | English (eng) | (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.. (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.. To wind cylindrically or spirally.. To wind into loops (roughly) [...] |