English

record

/ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

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    Lineage

    • rootProto-Indo-European*ḱerd- “heart”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishrecorde
      • derivedOld Frenchrecord
    • inheritedMiddle Englishrecorden “to repeat, to report”
      • derivedOld Frenchrecorder “to get by heart”
        • derivedLatinrecordor “remember, call to mind”

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