refer

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 378 words | Copyright

refer attribute to a source or related thing; have relation or allusion to XIV; commit to an authority, etc. XV. — (O)F. référer — L. referre carry back, f. RE- + ferre BEAR2.
Hence referable XVII, referee (-EE1) (leg.); reference XVI. So referendum XIX. gerund or n. gerundive of L. referre. referent (gram.) XIX. — prp. of L. referre (see -ENT).

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