'record-oriented' originates from the combination of 'record' and 'oriented', where 'record' refers to a collection of related data items and 'oriented' means directed towards a particular focus.

'record' changed from the Old French word 'record' and eventually became the modern English word 'record'. 'Oriented' comes from the Latin 'orientare', meaning to arrange or align.

Initially, 'record' meant 'to remember or recall', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a collection of related data items'.