Middle English rōde ‘A Ride’ and its Compounds

In a recent note, Briggs presented evidence that Middle English (ME) rode 'a ride' developed the new sense 'road' in the middle of the seventeenth century and that this is the source of the modern word 'road', thus supporting the etymology given in the Oxford English Di...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Notes and queries 2019-12, Vol.66 (4), p.499-502
1. Verfasser:	Briggs, Keith
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	17th century Dictionaries English language Etymology Middle English Semantics
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