greg
Latinflock, herd, group
Variants:greggregis
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From Latin grex, gregis (a flock or herd of animals). The image is a mass of sheep or cattle moving as one. Prefixes describe what happens to the flock: con- (gather into a flock), se- (drive away from the flock), ad- (add to the flock), e- (leave the flock). gregarious keeps the literal sense of living in groups; egregious flipped from 'standing out from the herd' (good) to 'outstandingly bad' through sarcasm.
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segregate
To separate people or things, especially by race or group
congregate
To gather or assemble into a group
egregious
Outstandingly bad or shocking; conspicuously offensive
gregarious
Sociable and enjoying others' company; living in groups
aggregation
The act of gathering things together into a whole
gregariousness
The quality of being sociable and enjoying others' company