Etymology

record

rec·ord
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Today it means: An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. Full definition →

Middle English recorde ← Old French record
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record · noun, adjective1

  1. Old French · derived fromrecord
  2. Middle English · inherited fromrecorde
  3. English todayrecord

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

record · verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromrecordārī“remember, call to mind”
  2. Old French · derived fromrecorder“to get by heart”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrecorden“to repeat, to report”
  4. English todayrecord

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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