English
record book
From record + book.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- ‘heart’
…
Latin recordor ‘to remember, call to mind’
Old French recorder ‘to register, to recall’
Old French record
Middle English recorde
English record
Proto-Germanic *bōks ‘letter’
Proto-West Germanic *bōk ‘inscribed billet, letter’
Old English bōc
Middle English bok ‘a document’
English book
Today it means
noun A book which lists record-breaking achievements.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / record book