Where does “reportage” come from?
reportage (Italian) comes from French reportage, from French reporter, from English reporter, from English report, from Middle English reporten, from Old French reporter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ- — passed , crossed.
reportage (Italian): report; reportage; coverage
Definitions
- report; reportage; coverage
Ancestry of “reportage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | reportage | reportage |
| 2 | French | reporter | to carry something back to where it was; to wear... |
| 3 | English | reporter | Someone or something that reports; A journalist... |
| 4 | English | report | To relate details of ; to recount, describe; To... |
| 5 | Middle English | reporten | — |
| 6 | Old French | reporter | to bring back; to gain; to get |
| 7 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 8 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 9 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 10 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “reportage”