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Where does “recordman” come from?

recordman (French) comes from French record, from Old French record, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

recordman (French): record holder, usually a world record holder

Definitions

  1. record holder, usually a world record holder

Ancestry of “recordman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrecordrecord
2Old Frenchrecordrecollection, testimony
3Old Frenchrecorderto record; to register; to recall; to remember
4Vulgar Latinrecordaresecond-person singular present active...
5LatinrecordorI call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
6Latinrĕ-—
7Latinprōdūcō—
8Latinprō-—
9Proto-Italic*pro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “recordman”

  • рекордсмен
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