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Where does “unrecordable” come from?

unrecordable (English) comes from English recordable, 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.

unrecordable (English): That cannot be recorded

Definitions

  1. That cannot be recorded

Ancestry of “unrecordable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecordableAble to be used to record something; That can be...
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-—
9Latinprōdūcō—
10Latinprō-—
11Proto-Italic*pro-—
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

Words derived from “unrecordable”

  • unrecordably
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