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Report

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to give a spoken or written account of something observed or investigated
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Stage 1 of 2
reportare
Latin · ancient
"to carry back"
to carry back, from re- (back) and portare (to carry)
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Stage 2 of 2
report
English · 1300s
"to give a detailed account of something"
settled as the English word for giving a detailed account of something
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