catalog English · revision 14965

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=probably before 1425|origins=grc καταλέγω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈkæt.əl.ɒɡ/, US /ˈkæt̬.ə.lɑːɡ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|cateloge]], [[bor|fro|catalogue|t=list, index]] and directly [[la-lat|catalogus]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[grc|κατάλογος|tr=katálogos|t=list, register, enrollment]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|grc|καταλέγω|tr=katalégō|t=to reckon up, enumerate]], from [[m|grc|κατά|tr=katá|t=down, completely]] and [[m|grc|λέγω|tr=légō|t=to count, speak]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*leg-|t=to collect, gather]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A list of items: probably before 1425, as cathologe, in a translation of Chauliac's surgery, in Barnhart; the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline gives the Greek katalogos the example of the catalogue of ships in the Iliad.^(Etymonline) The verb is from 1598, in a translation of the Iliad.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The spelling catalog has examples from the 16th century, but in modern times it seems to have spread in the late 19th century; the Century Dictionary of 1895 called it a recent spelling.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * probably before 1425 – cathologe, a list.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1598 – to catalog (verb).^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1895 – catalog called a recent spelling.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A list of items, such as goods for sale, courses or library books, usually with descriptions.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

+ # A book or pamphlet containing such a list.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a list of; to enter in a catalog.^(AHD)

+ # To classify a book or publication by a system.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cataloger]]

+ * [[catalogist]]

+ * [[noncatalog]]

+ * [[miscatalog]]

+ * [[recatalog]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[catalogue]]

+ * [[dialogue]]

+ * [[legend]]

+ * [[logo-]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Catalog is an alternative spelling of [[catalogue]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}