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match

/ˈmætʃ/MACH
/ˈmætʃ/MACH

Meaningcompanion

Common meaning: a contest between opponents

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*muk-‘loosen, dismiss, shed, cast away’source
  2. Old Englishgemæcca‘companion’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftscompanion → equal or contestmacche‘equal or contest’source
  4. Englishmatch‘a contest between opponents’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gemæcca ‘companion’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MATCH, p. 358 · dictionary scan

Source words

  • gemæcca Old English · source word “companion”

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