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Where does “registry” come from?

registry (English) comes from English register, from Medieval Latin registrum, from Latin regesta, from Latin regerere, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

registry (English): A building in which things are registered or...

Definitions

  1. A building in which things are registered or...

Ancestry of “registry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishregisterA formal recording of names, events, transactions...
2Medieval LatinregistrumA register; a book in which things are recorded
3Latinregestanominative feminine singular of regestus;...
4Latinregereresecond-person singular imperfect passive...
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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