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Where does “recorder” come from?

recorder (Middle French) comes from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

recorder (Middle French): to record; to register; to make a record

Definitions

  1. to record; to register; to make a record

Ancestry of “recorder”, step by step

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

Words derived from “recorder”

  • recorder
  • recors
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