This month we asked what the earliest known use of the word “dictionary” is. To answer this question we turned to a dictionary. Specifically, the Oxford English Dictionary. There we learn that the word is from the Middle English period (1150-1500) and their earliest evidence is from around 1480 in Medulla Grammatice.
The Oxford English Dictionary is your source for everything you want to know about the words you use, from their meaning to their pronunciation to their etymology to frequency to related words and beyond.
Find this e-reference work on the library’s Research & Homework page under “O” and access it with your library card.
