PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. Merriam-Webster reports the adverb in the fifteenth century and the adjective in 1613.
/vɜːrˈbeɪtəm/ · adverb
In exactly the same words; English borrowed the Medieval Latin adverb verbatim, built on verbum and -atim.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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.
Directly establishes the order of English uses.
First Known Use: adverb 15th century; adjective 1613Qualifies both dates as earliest located written records, not certain coinages.
First-known-use methodologyThe dossier headword is modeled first as an adverb and retains the later adjective as semantic history.