word

Middle English

/wurd/

noun
Definitions
  • A word separable, discrete linguistic unit
  • A statement; a linguistic unit said or written by someone:
  • Discourse; the exchange of statements.
  • The act of speaking especially as opposed to action
  • The basic, non-figurative reading of something.
  • The way one speaks especially with modifying adjective
  • (theology) The Logos Jesus Christ
  • (rare) The linguistic faculty as a whole.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English word (thornbush, word, message, statement, thorn-bush) inherited from *word inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (word) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (word).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*werdʰh₁om

Gloss

word

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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