registrar

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈrɛdʒɪˌstrɑr/ UK /ˌrɛdʒɪˈstrɑː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an official who keeps official records or registers

The registrar updated the marriage record that afternoon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an official who keeps... recorderregistrerclerk archivist secretary

Word family

Derived forms registrarship

Related forms register registry registration

Etymology

From Medieval Latin registrarius ('keeper of a register'), from registrum ('register, list'), an alteration of Late Latin regesta ('list, matters recorded'), from regerere ('to record, carry back'), from re- ('back') + gerere ('to carry, bear').

registrum la-med regerere Latin gerere Latin

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Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# registrar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛdʒɪˌstrɑr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌrɛdʒɪˈstrɑː/

## Meanings
1. an official who keeps official records or registers

## Examples
- The registrar updated the marriage record that afternoon.

## Synonyms
- recorder
- registrer
- clerk
- archivist
- secretary

## Derived Forms
- registrarship

## Related Forms
- register
- registry
- registration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: registrum
- Root: regerere
- Root: gerere

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin registrarius ('keeper of a register'), from registrum ('register, list'), an alteration of Late Latin regesta ('list, matters recorded'), from regerere ('to record, carry back'), from re- ('back') + gerere ('to carry, bear').

## AI Etymology
Registrar comes from Medieval Latin registrarius ('keeper of a register'), from registrum ('register, list'), an alteration of Late Latin regesta ('list, matters recorded'), from regerere ('to record, carry back'), from re- ('back') + gerere ('to carry, bear'). The historical chain includes Latin registrum, Latin regerere, and Latin gerere. Older glosses in the chain include "keeper of a register", "register, list", "list, matters recorded", and "to record, carry back", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, registrar is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "an official who keeps official records or registers". English derivatives include registrarship; related forms include register, registry, and registration. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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