English
link
Link comes from Middle English linke.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500linke
- Englishearliest quotation 1573link
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500linke
- Englishearliest quotation 1573link
Earliest quotation: 1573, George Gascoigne: “And so by double lynkes enchaynde themselues in louers…”
Every English word from Middle English linke
Today it means
noun A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English linke / link