Where does “verdensrekord” come from?
verdensrekord (Danish) comes from Danish rekord, from Latin recordārī, from English record, from French record, from Old French record, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor — passed , crossed.
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Ancestry of “verdensrekord”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | rekord | a record |
| 2 | Latin | recordārī | — |
| 3 | English | record | An item of information put into a temporary or... |
| 4 | French | record | record |
| 5 | Old French | record | recollection, testimony |
| 6 | Old French | recorder | to record; to register; to recall; to remember |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | recordare | second-person singular present active... |
| 8 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 9 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 10 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 11 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |