Where does “レコード” come from?
レコード (Japanese) 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.
レコード (Japanese): record
Ancestry of “レコード”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | record | An item of information put into a temporary or... |
| 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- | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 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 |