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.
verdensrekord (Danish): a world record
Definitions
- a world record
Ancestry of “verdensrekord”, step by step
verdensrekord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish rekord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | back, backwards |
| 10 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 11 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 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 |
via Danish verden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | verden | world |
| 2 | Old Danish | werdhen | — |
| 3 | Old Danish | wærælde | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | verǫld | the world |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |