"To track progress" means to regularly monitor and record the advancement or development of a task, project, or goal to ensure it is moving towards completion or improvement according to set standards or timelines.
The phrase "to track progress" combines "track," derived from the Old French 'trac,' meaning a path or mark left by something moving, and "progress," from the Latin 'progressus,' meaning a going forward. Together, they express the act of following or observing forward movement or improvement.