Etymology

recorder

re·cord·er
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Today it means: An apparatus for recording; a device which records. Full definition →

Middle English recordour ← Old French recordour ← Medieval Latin recordātor
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recorder · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromrecordor“call to mind, remember, recollect”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromrecordātor
  3. Old French · derived fromrecordeor
  4. Old French · derived fromrecordour
  5. Middle English · inherited fromrecordour
  6. English todayrecorder

From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.

recorder · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromrecorder
  2. English todayrecorder

From Middle English recorder, from record (“to practice (music)”); ultimately cognate with Etymology 1.

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