SOUND: Middle English final consonant and vowel pattern stabilized as modern logic with later pronunciation change.
MEANING: The technical discipline broadened into everyday “reasoning” and, later, computational circuitry.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Logic — Word HistorysupportsWord History and modern senses

Middle English continuity and expanded modern senses.

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OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 42 ↗

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EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 1
REVIEWED EDGES: 1
DEEPEST PATH: 1
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

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HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01inheritanceestablished

Middle Englishlogik→Present-Day English · 12th century–todaylogicthe study or use of valid reasoning

SOUND: Middle English final consonant and vowel pattern stabilized as modern logic with later pronunciation change.
MEANING: The technical discipline broadened into everyday “reasoning” and, later, computational circuitry.

Merriam-Webster editors1 CITATIONEDGE 42 ↗

Logic — Word History · Word History and modern senses ↗

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02logiclogik · established