English

indirect report

From indirect + report.

Late Latin indirectus ‘not direct’

Middle French indirect

Latin portō ‘to carry’

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

Anglo-Norman reporter

Middle English reporten ‘to report’

Today it means

noun an employee who is indirectly under the supervision of a particular manager

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / indirect report