Etymology

recordation

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Today it means: The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record. Full definition →

Old French recordacion ← Latin recordatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromrecordatio
  2. Old French · derived fromrecordacion“record, memory”
  3. English todayrecordation

From Old French recordacion (“record, memory”), from Latin recordatio.

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