Etymology

lore

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Today it means: All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. Full definition →

Middle English lore ← Old English lār ← Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
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lore · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leys-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(le-)lóys-e
  3. Proto-Germanic*lizaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*laizijaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*laizō
  6. Proto-West Germanic*laiʀu
  7. Old Englishlār
  8. Middle Englishlore
  9. English todaylore

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.

lore · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromlorum“thong, strap”
  2. English todaylore

From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlār all →

lear

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