register

/ˈɹedʒɪstə/REH-jih-stur

/ˈɹɛdʒɪstɚ/REH-jih-stur

Meaningthings recorded

Common meaning: an official list

reback, againSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 439 · scan
gisterto carry, carry onLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 812 · scan

‘back, again’ + ‘to carry, carry on’ → register

Journey through time

re — Latin re- “back, again” (path traced)
gister — Latin gerō, gessī, gestum “to carry, carry on” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as regestum.

Latinre- + gerere‘back, again + to carry, carry on’source
Latinregestum‘neut’source
Late Latinregistrumsource
Frenchregistre‘a record, register’source
Englishmeaning shiftsneut → an official listregister‘an official list’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin regestum, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as re- ‘back, again’ + gerere ‘to carry, carry on’.

Roots

gerō, gessī, gestum Latin “to carry, carry on”
regestum Latin “things recorded”

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