recordor (Latin)

Where does "recordor" come from?

The Latin verb 'recordor', meaning 'to call to mind, remember, recall, recollect', is formed from the prefix 're-' meaning 'back, again' combined with 'cord-', a form of 'cor' meaning 'heart' or 'mind', and the verb-forming suffix '-ō'[1]. The root noun 'cor' itself traces back through Proto-Italic '*kord' to the Proto-Indo-European root '*ḱḗr' or '*ḱr̥d-', meaning 'heart'[2][3].

Open questions

• The Proto-Italic form is reconstructed as '*kord' from Proto-Indo-European. [2] [3]

Full etymology tree

• recordor (Latin), 'to call to mind, remember, recall, recollect'
  • prefix re- (Latin), 'back, backwards'
  • derived cord- (Latin)
    • derived cor (Latin), 'heart'
      • inherited *kord (Proto-Italic), 'heart'
        • inherited *ḱḗr (Proto-Indo-European), 'heart'
  • suffix -o (Latin), 'suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs'

Ancestors

• re- (Latin)
• cor (Latin)
• -o (Latin)

Sources

1. recordor (Latin) - Wiktionary
2. cor (Latin) - Wiktionary
3. kord (Proto-Italic) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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