Etymograph

English

recordation

Recordation comes from Old French recordacion ‘record, memory’, from Latin recordatio ‘recollection, remembrance, reminiscence’, and ultimately from recordor.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecordor1‘to recall, recollect, remember’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecordatio2‘recollection, remembrance, reminiscence’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400recordacion2‘record, memory’
  4. Englishtodayrecordation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin recordatio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English recordation

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecordorWiktionary, Latin recordatio‘to recall, recollect, remember’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecordatioWiktionary, English recordation‘recollection, remembrance, reminiscence’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400recordacionWiktionary, English recordation‘record, memory’
  4. EnglishtodayrecordationWiktionary, English recordation

Every English word from Latin recordor

Today it means

noun The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recordation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin recordatio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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