An account carried back to someone who was not present. A rendering, whose honesty is the whole of its worth.
Old French reporter, from Latin reportare (to carry back): re- (back) + portare (to carry); a report is, at its root, an account physically carried back to someone who was not present to see the thing for themselves.
An account carried back to someone who was not present. A rendering whose honesty is the whole of its worth, exactly as the root's carrying-back promises nothing but the delivery.