English adverb regularizes the Middle English final vowel while retaining the learned compound.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0643continuationestablished
A CLAIM
YOU CAN AUDIT.
A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
adverb
a word class modifying verbs, adjectives, adverbs, phrases, clauses, or sentences
OPEN NODE 671 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English, 15th century · modifier word classadverbe
adverb
OPEN NODE 672 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The grammatical class remains a modifier category whose actual scope is wider than verbs alone.
First known use is reported in the fifteenth century.
Merriam-Webster Editors
established — no additional confidence note is attached.
reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Adverb — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the English form, modern modifier scope, and fifteenth-century horizon.
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EDITORIAL REUSE