Meaning

noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole

noun a publication containing a variety of works

noun request for a sum of money

originFrom Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Equivalen to collect + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0