Old English cuðe, past tense of cunnan "to be able" (see can (v.1)); ending changed 14c. to standard English -d(e). The unetymological -l- was added 15c.-16c. on model of would, should, where it is historical. Could be as a response to a suggestion, indicating it may be...
The novel words under consideration are of two types: (a) nouns ending in forms like -ology, -ography, -ometer, -crat, -naut, -phile; (b) nouns ending in forms like -(a)holic, -(a)thon. Forms of type (b) are only roughly identifiable due to their indeterminable size of ...
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Old Englishcuðe, past tense ofcunnan"to be able" (seecan(v.1)); ending changed 14c. to standard English-d(e). The unetymological-l-was added 15c.-16c. on model ofwould,should, where it is historical.Could beas a response to a suggestion, indicating it may be correct, is by ...