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Word — American Heritage Dictionary

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American Heritage Dictionary Editors
YEAR
2022
PUBLISHER
HarperCollins
DOI
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SOURCE TYPE
historical dictionary
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EDGE 624contextestablished

word → word

Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation

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Modern English preserves the inherited spelling word while pronunciation continues the history of English vowel and rhotic systems.
MEANING
The core linguistic-unit sense continues alongside utterance, promise, news, command, and technical extensions.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Headword definitions and etymology

Independently documents the modern form and Old English ancestry.

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word → word

Middle English → Old English · continuation

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Middle English word continues Old English word with no donor-language substitution.
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Word, utterance, and expression remain central.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Etymology: Middle English from Old English

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