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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedPresent-Day English · 13th century–today · instruction or learning

lesson

a unit of instruction or something learned

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English, 13th–15th centuries · reading or instruction

lesson / lessoun

a reading, assigned text, or unit of instruction

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

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SOUND CHANGE

Modern lesson continues the Middle English form with spelling stabilization.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

A reading or assigned text expands into instruction and then something learned from experience.

CHRONOLOGY

Middle English to modern English.

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CONFIDENCE

established — The historical and current senses are documented in the entry.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Lesson — Definition and Word HistoryDefinitions and Word History

Documents reading, instruction, and learned-experience senses in the English word.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

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lesson → lesson / lessoun

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