English
recordset
From record + set.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- ‘heart’
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Latin recordor ‘to remember, call to mind’
Old French recorder ‘to register, to recall’
Old French record
Middle English recorde
English record
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’
Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’
Old English settan ‘to set’
Middle English setten ‘to seat’
English set
Today it means
noun A data structure consisting of a group of database records.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “recordset”. 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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