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list

/ˈlɪst/LIST
/ˈlɪst/LIST

Meaningborder

Common meaning: a series of written items

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germanlista‘border’source
  2. Frenchliste‘strip or written list’source
  3. Middle Englishdistsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsborder → a series of written itemslist‘a series of written items’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old High German lista ‘border’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry LIST, p. 336 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • lista Old High German “border”

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