referee

The story

1. Latin · derived fromreferre“to carry back, to report, to notify”
2. Old French · derived fromreferer“to relate, to refer”
3. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
4. English todayreferee

From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer + -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.

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