English
report
Report comes from Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportō ‘to carry back’, from re- + portō ‘to carry’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō‘to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreportō‘to carry back, return, remit, refer’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reporter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reporten‘to report’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485report
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō‘to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreportō‘to carry back, return, remit, refer’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reporter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reporten‘to report’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485report
Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, ij: “thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to lead, cross over, pass’
first, far, per, before, price, private, further, practice, fear, press, primary, prime, pre, prize, prior, appreciate, practical, opportunity, pregnant, afford, praise, ford, privilege, parade, par, precious, interpretation, ferry, pirate, forth, pardon, primitive, prix, fare, pragmatic, privy, prism, proton, peril, portable, 143 more
through Proto-Italic *portā ‘crossing’
porch, portal, porta, portico, 21 more
through Proto-Italic *portāō ‘to carry’
through Latin porto ‘to carry, bear’
support, transport, importance, export, import, porter, rapport, deport, comport, 14 more
Today it means
verb To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin portō / report