CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 9
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
resolvedestablished
Is clue borrowed from Greek?
No. Greek myth influenced the English word’s meaning; the word itself is inherited from Old English.
01DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
1 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 01supportshistorical dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary: clue, n.
Documents the native English ball-of-thread history and the later figurative development.
Historical senses- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Oxford English Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- Not recorded
- PUBLISHER
- Oxford University Press
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- STATUS
- resolved
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- OED historical senses
RESOLUTION NOTEModel as semantic influence, not lexical borrowing.