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Middle English · Middle English, 14th century · introductory speechprolog
an introduction or prefatory speech
- SOUND
- Middle English prolog develops the modern -ue spelling while retaining the initial pro- and final log sequence.
- MEANING
- The prefatory speech becomes any introductory section and later any preceding event.
- CHRONOLOGY
- English evidence begins in the fourteenth century.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
Prologue — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History and First Known Use
Documents the Middle English form and fourteenth-century horizon.
ORIGINAL ↗Prologue — Origin and historysupportsHeadword chronology and semantic development
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 440 ↗Dates English prologe to the early fourteenth century and the figurative extension to the 1590s.
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