register
[ rej-uh-ster ]
/ ˈrɛdʒ ə stər /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of register
1350–1400; Middle English
registre < Middle French, Old French < Medieval Latin
registrum, regestrum, alteration of Late Latin
regesta catalog, list, noun use of neuter plural of Latin
regestus, past participle of
regerere to carry back, pile up, collect, equivalent to
re-
re- +
ges-, stem of
gerere to bear +
-tus past participle suffix; (v.) Middle English
registren (< Middle French
registrer) < Medieval Latin
registrāre, derivative of
registrum
OTHER WORDS FROM register
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH register
register registrarWords nearby register
Example sentences from the Web for register
British Dictionary definitions for register
register
/ (ˈrɛdʒɪstə) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of register
registerer, noun registrable, adjectiveWord Origin for register
C14: from Medieval Latin
registrum, from Latin
regerere to transcribe, from
re- +
gerere to bear