Etymology

wordhoard

W4O1R1D2H4O1A1R1D2

Today it means: Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person. Full definition →

Old English wordhord
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  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromwordhord“treasury of words”
  2. English todaywordhoard

A modern revival of Old English wordhord (“treasury of words”). Compare Dutch woordenschat, German Wortschatz. By surface analysis, word + hoard.

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