registratio

Forms

registrātiō f (genitive registrātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Medieval Latin registrō (“to register”) + -tiō,^[2] formed on the past-participle stem of the verb, which comes from registrum (“register”).^[3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler, following Latham, dates it to 1320,^[1] meaning the entering of documents in a register.^[1][2]

Semantic evolution

In British sources it is the copying or entering of a document into a register: at Oxford in 1449 rolls and useless bonds are judged not worth registering, and statutes of 1506 fix a fee for it.^[2] In 15th-century music theory Paulus Paulirinus uses it for stopping and dividing the strings of an instrument with the fingers.^[4] English borrowed it in the 1560s, from French and directly from Medieval Latin, as registration.^[3]

Timeline

• 1320 – First recorded, according to Latham.^[1]
• 1449 – Oxford documents use it for entering items in a register.^[2]
• 15th century – Paulus Paulirinus uses it of stopping the strings of a cithara.^[4]
• 1506 – Oxford statutes fix a fee for registration.^[2]
• 1560s – Borrowed into English as registration.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Medieval Latin) The entering of a document in a register, registration.^[2][1]
2. (Medieval Latin, music) The stopping or dividing of the strings of an instrument.^[4]

Related words

• registrum
• English registration

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
2. ^ a b c d e f Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c Lexicon musicum Latinum medii aevi (1992–), Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; online ed. Wörterbuchnetz