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teach

/ˈtitʃ/TEECH
/ˈtitʃ/TEECH

Meaningshowing, pointing out

Common meaning: to give instruction

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DA‘know’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 145, p. 735 · scan
  2. Old EnglishtæcansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishtechensource
  4. Englishteach‘to give instruction’ · 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 English tæcan ‘showing, pointing out’.

Roots

  • tæcan Old English “showing, pointing out”

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