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

leçon

a reading or lesson

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Late Latin · act of reading

lectiō

a reading; act of reading

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SOUND CHANGE

Anglo-French leçon continues Late Latin lectiō through regular Romance sound and spelling development.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

An act or selection of reading remains the source of the lesson sense.

CHRONOLOGY

Late Latin to Anglo-French.

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Merriam-Webster Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — The source gives Late Latin lection-, lectio as the French source.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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Lesson — Definition and Word HistoryWord History: Etymology

Traces Anglo-French leçon to Late Latin lection-, lectio.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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leçon → lectiō

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