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START / NODE 265Present-Day English13th century–today
lesson
A unit of instruction or something learned, descending through a word that first named an act or selection of reading.
“A lesson began as a reading. Its family includes lecture, legend, select, collect, and the Latin verb for gathering and reading.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishlesson
a unit of instruction or something learned
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Middle English · Middle English, 13th–15th centurieslesson / lessouna reading, assigned text, or unit of instruction
- SOUND CHANGE
- Modern lesson continues the Middle English form with spelling stabilization.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- A reading or assigned text expands into instruction and then something learned from experience.
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- established — The historical and current senses are documented in the entry.
- CHRONOLOGY
- Middle English to modern English.
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