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Refer

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to mention or direct attention to something, or to send someone to another source
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Stage 1 of 2
referre
Latin · ancient
"to carry back, to report"
to carry back, to report, from re- (back) and ferre (to carry)
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Stage 2 of 2
refer
English · 1300s
"to direct attention to something, or to mention it"
settled as the English word for directing attention to something, or mentioning it
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