*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 19

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03globalNO SINGLE PIN

17th c.–today

Modern English

clue DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

clue specializes as evidence or guidance.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
global
TIME PRECISION
open
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The modern clue sense is represented from the seventeenth century forward; the interval remains open rather than assigning an end date.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Clue — Word History

    Defines the modern evidence-and-guidance sense, explains its development from clew and the labyrinth motif, and reports the noun from circa 1665.

    Definition sense 1; Did You Know?; Word HistoryAUDIT SOURCE ↗