accumulation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.

   an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors

2. 2
   noun

   A mass of something piled up or collected.

   After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor.

3. 3
   noun

   the act of accumulating

4. 4
   noun

   several things grouped together or considered as a whole

5. 5
   noun

   (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

6. 6
   noun

   an increase by natural growth or addition

7. 7
   noun

   The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.

8. 8
   noun

   The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiōder. Middle French accumulationbor. ▲ Latin accumulātiōbor. Middle English acumulacyon English accumulation From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin acc…