Etymograph

English

reporter

Reporter comes from Old French reporteur.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400reporteur1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reportour1
  3. Englishtodayreporter1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English reporter

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400reporteurWiktionary, English reporter
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reportourWiktionary, English reporter
  3. EnglishtodayreporterWiktionary, English reporter

Formed from report + -er

Latin portō ‘to carry’

Latin reportō ‘to carry back, return, remit, refer’

Anglo-Norman reporter

Middle English reporten ‘to report’

English report

Every English word from Old French reporteur

Today it means

noun Someone or something that reports.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reporter”. 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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