Etymology

registry

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Today it means: A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept. Full definition →

Middle English regestery ← Medieval Latin regesterium
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromregesterium
  2. Middle English · inherited fromregestery“?a record book; ?a bookmark”
  3. English todayregistry

A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.

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