Where does “rekordo” come from?
rekordo (Esperanto) comes from Polish rekord, 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.
rekordo (Esperanto): record most extreme known value of some achievement
Definitions
- record most extreme known value of some achievement
Ancestry of “rekordo”, step by step
rekordo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish rekord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | rekord | record |
| 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 Russian реко́рд
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | реко́рд | record (most extreme known value of some achievement) |
via German Rekord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rekord | record |