French word cueillir comes from Latin legere, Latin con-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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legere | Latin (lat) | |
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. |
colligare | Latin (lat) | |
cueldre | Old French (fro) | |
coillir | Old French (fro) | To pick (of a flower, to detach from the rest of the plant). |
cueillir | French (fra) | To gather, pick. To grab, snatch, nab. |