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Where does “recordable” come from?

Recordable comes from English record, derived from French record, from Latin recordor meaning "to remember," composed of the prefix re- and the root wer- from Proto-Indo-European.

recordable (English): Able to be used to record something; That can be...

Definitions

  1. Able to be used to record something; That can be...

Ancestry of “recordable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecordAn item of information put into a temporary or...
2Frenchrecordrecord
3Old Frenchrecordrecollection, testimony
4Old Frenchrecorderto record; to register; to recall; to remember
5Vulgar Latinrecordaresecond-person singular present active...
6LatinrecordorI call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “recordable”

  • unrecordable
  • nonrecordable
  • rerecordable
  • irrecordable
  • unrecordably
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