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CHILD / LATER 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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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-French, c. 1066–1500 · reading

leçon

a reading or lesson

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SOUND CHANGE

Middle English lesson or lessoun adapts Anglo-French leçon.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The reading and instructional senses remain connected.

CHRONOLOGY

Anglo-French to Middle English.

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established — The Anglo-French borrowing is directly reported.

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reviewed

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Lesson — Definition and Word HistoryWord History: Etymology

Traces Middle English lesson to Anglo-French leçon.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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lesson / lessoun → leçon

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