SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Emotion — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
Publishes the exact institutional report.
First Known Use: 1579- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 158
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openprobable
Was emotion first used in the 1570s or exactly 1579?
Etymonline gives the decade; Merriam-Webster gives 1579. These are compatible levels of precision, not proof of one first utterance.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 158
emotion
/ɪˈmoʊʃən/ · noun
Feeling or affect; borrowed through French from a Latin movement family and first used in English for disturbance, agitation, or social movement.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02contexthistorical dictionary
Emotion — Origin and history
Publishes the broader decade-level horizon.
Headword history: 1570s- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Online Etymology Dictionary
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- probable
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- The historical dictionaries publish decade-level and exact lexicographic reports.
SET-U retains the exact institutional report while labeling the evidence as source-reported rather than directly inspected.