NODE / 0671attestedPresent-Day English

adverb

TRANSLITERATION adverbPRONUNCIATION /ˈædˌvɜːrb/

a word class modifying verbs, adjectives, adverbs, phrases, clauses, or sentences

DATE: 15th century–today
SENSE: modifier word class
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:adverb:attested:sense:modifier-word-class

The class has wider scope than its name may suggest.

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Middle English · Middle English, 15th century · modifier word class

adverbe

adverb

SOUND: English adverb regularizes the Middle English final vowel while retaining the learned compound.
MEANING: The grammatical class remains a modifier category whose actual scope is wider than verbs alone.
CHRONOLOGY: First known use is reported in the fifteenth century.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Adverb — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use

Supplies the English form, modern modifier scope, and fifteenth-century horizon.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

15th century

Merriam-Webster first-known-use report for adverb

Century-level source report; no underlying fifteenth-century object was directly inspected.

adverb dossier · recorded as adverb

Merriam-WebsterWITNESS RECORD ↗Adverb — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use ↗

EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

01adverbadverb · established