Where does “recordour” come from?
recordour (Old 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.
recordour (Old French): record-keeper
Definitions
- record-keeper
Ancestry of “recordour”, step by step
recordour traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French recorder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | recorder | to record; to register; to recall; to remember |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | recordare | second-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Old French recordeor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | recordeor | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | recordator | second-person singular future active imperative... |