Etymology

wordlist

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Today it means: A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic. Full definition →

English list ← Middle English lī̆st ← Medieval Latin lista
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The story

  1. Englishword
  2. Old Englishlīste
  3. Old Frenchliste
  4. Medieval Latinlista
  5. Middle Englishlī̆st
  6. Englishlist
  7. English todaywordlist

From word + list.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.