Middle English girle develops into modern girl with stabilized spelling and pronunciation.
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girl
female child; young woman
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · child young persongirle
child or young person of either sex; girl
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A child or young person of either sex narrows to a female child or young woman.
Recorded in the fourteenth century.
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Girl — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: Middle English gurle or girle, young person of either sex
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the broad medieval sense and fourteenth-century horizon.
girle — Middle English DictionarySenses: child of either sex; girl or young woman
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the Middle English semantic range directly.
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