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Relate

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to show a connection between things, or to tell a story
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Stage 1 of 2
referre
Latin · ancient
"to bring back, to recount"
to bring back, to recount, from re- (back) and ferre (to carry), with irregular past participle relatus
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Stage 2 of 2
relate
English · 1400s
"to recount something, or to show a connection between things"
settled as the English word for recounting something or showing a connection
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