Where does “recordless” come from?

recordless (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.

recordless (English): Without records or recordings; unrecorded

Definitions

  1. Without records or recordings; unrecorded

Ancestry of “recordless”, step by step

recordless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English record

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-back, backwards
8Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
9Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
10Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
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

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus

Words derived from “recordless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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