Where does “recordholder” come from?
recordholder (English) comes from English record, from French record, from Old French record, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
recordholder (English): One who keeps records or documents
Definitions
- One who keeps records or documents
Ancestry of “recordholder”, step by step
recordholder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English record
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | record | An item of information put into a temporary or... |
| 2 | French | record | record |
| 3 | Old French | record | recollection, testimony |
| 4 | Old French | recorder | to record; to register; to recall; to remember |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | recordare | second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Hölder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hölder | A thing that holds |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |