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
- world record
Ancestry of “wereldrecord”, step by step
wereldrecord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch record
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | record | a record, a best achievement |
| 2 | English | record | An item of information put into a temporary or... |
| 3 | French | record | record |
| 4 | Old French | record | recollection, testimony |
| 5 | Old French | recorder | to record; to register; to recall; to remember |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | recordare | second-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 8 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 9 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 10 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch wereld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wereld | world |
| 2 | Middle High German | werlt | world |
| 3 | Old High German | weralt | world |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | 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 |