report
/rɪˈpɔːrt/·리포트·noun, verb
an account of an event; to give information
LatinCEFR A2
Root
re- (back) + Latin 'portare' (to carry)
Latin reportare (carry back) → Old French reporter → Middle English reporten
In a word
re- (back) + port (carry) = 'carry back'. Carry what you saw on site back to the desk — a news report. Carry what you heard at the meeting back to your boss — a work report. Carry your experiment back to the conference — a research report. By root, reporting is bringing something back to people who weren't there. A late report literally cuts the etymology short.
Examples
Please report any problems to the manager.
The student wrote a report on the experiment.
News reports said the storm was severe.
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