Where does “verdensrekord” come from?

verdensrekord (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rekord, from Latin recordārī, from English record, from French record, from Old French record, from Old French recorder, from Vulgar Latin recordare, from Latin recordor — passed , crossed.

verdensrekord (Norwegian Bokmål): a world record

Definitions

  1. a world record

Ancestry of “verdensrekord”, step by step

verdensrekord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål rekord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrekorda record
2Latinrecordārī—
3EnglishrecordAn item of information put into a temporary or...
4Frenchrecordrecord
5Old Frenchrecordrecollection, testimony
6Old Frenchrecorderto record; to register; to recall; to remember
7Vulgar Latinrecordaresecond-person singular present active...
8LatinrecordorI call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
9Latinrĕ-back, backwards
10Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
11Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
12Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Norwegian Bokmål verden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålverdenworld; definite singular of verd
2Danishverdenworld
3Old Danishwerdhen—
4Old Danishwærælde—
5Old Norseverǫldthe world
6Proto-Germanicweraldizlifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world
7Proto-Germanicwerazman; husband
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →