Where does “recordlessness” come from?
recordlessness (English) comes from English recordless, 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.
recordlessness (English): Absence of records
Definitions
- Absence of records
Ancestry of “recordlessness”, step by step
recordlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recordless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recordless | Without records or recordings; unrecorded |
| 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 English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |