'compile' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'compilare,' where 'com-' meant 'together' and 'pilare' meant 'to heap or pile.'

'compilare' transformed into the Old French word 'compiler,' and eventually became the modern English word 'compile' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to gather or collect,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to assemble or put together systematically.'