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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishrekordrecord
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 Russian реко́рд

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianреко́рдrecord (most extreme known value of some achievement)

via German Rekord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRekordrecord
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-