PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 571
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 03globalNO SINGLE PIN
loaf before the 12th century
English-speaking world
loaf DOSSIER ↗Middle English lof continues into the modern noun.
- COORDINATES STORED
- NO
- HONEST TO PLOT
- NO
- PLACEMENT MODE
- global
- TIME PRECISION
- before
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The endpoint preserves only Merriam-Webster’s source-reported first-use horizon.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE
AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
- supports
Loaf — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
Supplies the open-ended temporal boundary.
First Known Use: before the 12th centuryAUDIT SOURCE ↗