Record
/ˈrɛk.ɔːd/noun
A thing made or kept as evidence or information, or to set down in writing.
Did you know?The verb comes from Latin re- (“again”) + cor/cord- (“heart”), so to record something was originally to “bring it back to the heart” — a vivid reminder that memory was once imagined as an act of the soul.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱḗr
“heart”
Latin
Latin
cor, cordis
“heart”
Late Latin
Latin
recordārī
“to remember, recall to mind”
Old French
Old French
record
“memory, remembrance; testimony”
Middle English
English
recorden
“to remember, recount, enter in writing”
Modern English
English
record
“a written or preserved account; to preserve information”