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cor
Latin · ancient
"heart"
heart, giving rise to recordari (to remember, literally to call back to heart)
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recordari
Latin · ancient
"to remember, to call to mind"
to remember, to call to mind, from re- and cor
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recorder
Old French · medieval
"to set down information for future reference"
carried into French for setting down information for future reference
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record
English · 1300s
"a written account, or to set information down for future reference"
settled as the English word for a written account, or to set information down
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