Entry #7 The History of 5 English Words

The History of 5 English Words

Online Oxford English Dictionary

School

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1. Evolved from Old English, Latin, Greek, Dutch, German, Swedish, Irosn, Welsh & Russian

2. Pronunciation/Spelling

            Old English- scole

            Middle English-skule

            Modern English- school

3. Clues for Spelling today- Middle Dutch= schole, Frisian skoalle

           

Easter

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1. Evolved from Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, & Dutch.

2. Pronunciation/ Spelling

Old English- Eastre

Middle English-Esterne

Modern English-

3. Clues for Spelling today- from goddess, Eostre, celebrated at equinox

Metacognition

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Meta

1. Evolved from Ancient Greek Meta= together with

2. Pronunciation/Spelling

Old English-meta

            Middle English-meta

            Modern English-meta

3. Clues for Spelling Today- French, German meta

Cognitive-

1. Evolved from Latin cognitive
2. Pronunciation/Spelling

Modern English-1586 cognitiue

3. Clues for Spelling today, From Greek- cognitive

Learn

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1. Evolved from Old English, Old Saxon, Old High Germanic

2. Pronunciation/Spelling

Old English- leornian

Middle English- learne

Modern English-learn

3. Clues for Spelling Today- lierne, leryn. lurne

Read

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1. Evolved from Old Frisian, Middle Dutch

2. Pronunciation/Spelling

Old English-reord

Middle English-rede

Modern English-read

       3. Clues for Spelling Today-

            Dutch- raden

            Germanic- riddle

            Scots- reid