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Where does “recordwoman” come from?

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

recordwoman (French): a female record holder, usually a world record

Definitions

  1. a female record holder, usually a world record

Ancestry of “recordwoman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecordAn item of information put into a temporary or...
2Frenchrecordrecord
3Old Frenchrecordrecollection, testimony
4Old Frenchrecorderto record; to register; to recall; to remember
5Vulgar Latinrecordaresecond-person singular present active...
6LatinrecordorI call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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