repertory
/ˈɹepəˌtɔːɹi/REH-pur-taw-ree
/ˈɹɛpɚˌtɔɹi/REH-pur-taw-ree
Meaningto find out
Common meaning: a stock of works performed
- reback, againSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 443 · scan
- pertoryto give birth toLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1304 · scan
‘back, again’ + ‘to give birth to’ → repertory
Journey through time
- re — Latin re- “back, again” (path traced)
- pertory — Latin pariō, partum “to give birth to” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as reperire.
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘produce, afford, prepare, share’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 198, p. 737 · scan
- Latinre- + parire‘back, again + to give birth to’source
- Latinreperire‘to find out’source
- Latinmeaning shiftsto find out → a finderrepertor‘a finder’source
- Latinmeaning shiftsa finder → an inventoryrepertorium‘an inventory’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsan inventory → a stock of works performedrepertory‘a stock of works performed’ · 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 reperire, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as re- ‘back, again’ + parire ‘to give birth to’.
Roots
- pariō, partum Latin “to give birth to”
- reperire Latin “to find out”
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