Etymograph

English

Ebonics

Blend of ebony + phonics.

A blend of ebony + phonics

Egyptian U13:n-Z4:M3

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Latin hebenus

Latin ebenius

Middle English ebenif

English heben

English ebony

The story

Coined by scholars at the Cognitive and Language Development of the Black Child conference in 1973 led by Robert L. Williams and published in his book Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks (1975). Considered outdated by some.

Today it means

name African-American Vernacular English (AAVE).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ebonics