Etymology

ceorl

C3E1O1R1L1

Today it means: An Anglo-Saxon churl. Full definition →

Old English ċeorl
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The story

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromċeorl
  2. English todayceorl

Learned borrowing from Old English ċeorl. Doublet of carl, churl, and karl.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċeorl all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.