collectanea

plural noun

col·​lec·​ta·​nea ˌkä-ˌlek-ˈtā-nē-ə 

: collected writings

also : literary items forming a collection

Synonyms

• album
• anthology
• compendium
• compilation
• florilegium
• miscellany
• reader

Examples of collectanea in a Sentence

in the library I discovered a three-volume collectanea containing all of the author's known writings

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin collēctānea, noun derivative from neuter plural of Latin collēctāneus "assembled from various sources, collected," from collēctus, past participle of colligere "to gather together, assemble, accumulate" + -āneus, adjective suffix (from -ānus -an entry 2 + -eus -eous) — more at collect entry 2

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above