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Referee

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an official who oversees a game or contest, enforcing its rules
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Stage 1 of 2
referre
Latin · ancient
"to refer back, to report"
to refer, to carry back, from re- (back) and ferre (to carry)
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Stage 2 of 2
referee
English · 1610s
"an official who enforces the rules in a sport or contest"
settled as the English word for one to whom a matter is referred for a decision
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