Where does “recorder” come from?
recorder (French) comes from Middle French recorder, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
recorder (French): to say something repetitively in order to learn;...
Definitions
- to say something repetitively in order to learn;...
Ancestry of “recorder”, step by step
recorder traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French recorder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | recorder | to record; to register; to make a record |
| 2 | Old French | recorder | to record; to register; to recall; to remember |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | recordare | second-person singular present active... |
| 4 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French corder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | corder | to rope up, rope |
| 2 | English | cord | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example) |
| 3 | Middle English | corde | A long, thick length of fibre; One of the strings... |
| 4 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 5 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | bowels, intestines |