Where does “wereldrecord” come from?

wereldrecord (Dutch) comes from Dutch record, from English record, from French record, from Old French record, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor, from Latin rĕ- — passed , crossed.

wereldrecord (Dutch): world record

Definitions

  1. world record

Ancestry of “wereldrecord”, step by step

wereldrecord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch record

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrecorda record, a best achievement
2EnglishrecordAn item of information put into a temporary or...
3Frenchrecordrecord
4Old Frenchrecordrecollection, testimony
5Old Frenchrecorderto record; to register; to recall; to remember
6Vulgar Latinrecordaresecond-person singular present active...
7LatinrecordorI call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
8Latinrĕ-back, backwards
9Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
10Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
11Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Dutch wereld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwereldworld
2Middle High Germanwerltworld
3Old High Germanweraltworld
4Proto-West Germanicweraldiworld
5Proto-Germanicweraldizlifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world
6Proto-Germanicwerazman; husband
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-