Where does “recordman” come from?
recordman (Italian) comes from French recordman, 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.
recordman (Italian): record holder
Definitions
- record holder
Ancestry of “recordman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | recordman | record holder, usually a world record holder |
| 2 | French | record | record |
| 3 | Old French | record | recollection, testimony |
| 4 | Old French | recorder | to record; to register; to recall; to remember |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | recordare | second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |