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

  1. Absence of records

Ancestry of “recordlessness”, step by step

recordlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English recordless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecordlessWithout records or recordings; unrecorded
2EnglishrecordAn item of information put into a temporary or...
3Frenchrecordrecord
4Old Frenchrecordrecollection, testimony
5Old Frenchrecorderto record; to register; to recall; to remember
6Vulgar Latinrecordaresecond-person singular present active...
7LatinrecordorI call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
8Latinrĕ-back, backwards
9Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
10Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
11Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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