shop English · revision 2823

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ʃɒp/, US /ʃɑːp/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|shoppe]], ssope,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) perhaps [[inh|ang|sceoppa|t=booth, shed]], scoppa, a rare word,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) related to [[m|ang|scypen|t=cowshed]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[gem-pro|*skuppaz|alt=*skoppan|t=small additional structure]],^(Etymonline) the source also of Old High German scopf “porch, shed” and German Schuppen “shed”.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Or the word was taken, with loss of the first syllable, from Anglo-Norman and Old French eschoppe “lean-to booth, cobbler's stall” (modern échoppe), itself a Germanic loan from the same root,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) through Middle Low German schoppe.^(Hoad 1986) Barnhart and Merriam-Webster compare [[sheaf]], supposing an original sense “roof thatched with straw”.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The verb is from the noun.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A house or building where goods are made or prepared for sale: 1297 in the OED,^(OED 1989) about 1300 in Barnhart and Etymonline;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Shoppe was a surname from 1301.^(Barnhart 1988) The earliest shops were small stalls or booths, like those in a market.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A building or room for the sale of goods is from 1362,^(OED 1989) the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) A workshop for a particular trade is from the 15th century.^(OED 1989) The verb first meant “to shut up, imprison” (1583), from an obsolete slang use of the noun for a prison;^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998) it survives in British slang as “to inform on someone”, which Word Origins dates to 1548.^(Cresswell 2021)^(SOED 2002) “To visit shops to buy” is from 1764,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and ''shop around'' from 1922.^(Etymonline) ''Talk shop'', “talk about one's trade”, is by 1847, and ''shoptalk'' from 1881.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) ''Shopkeeper'' is from 1530, ''shoplifter'' from 1680 and ''shopping center'' from 1898.^(Barnhart 1988) ''Shop till you drop'' is as early as 1904.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1297 – a place where goods are made for sale.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1362 – a place where goods are sold.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1530 – ''shopkeeper''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1583 – verb, to imprison.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1680 – ''shoplifter''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1764 – verb, to visit shops.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1847 – ''talk shop''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1898 – ''shopping center''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1922 – ''shop around''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A building or room where goods are sold; a [[store]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A place where things are made or repaired; a [[workshop]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A business or place of work; one's trade as a subject of talk: ''talk shop''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(US)'' A school class in practical crafts.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To visit shops to look at or buy goods.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To look for the best choice or price: ''shop around''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(British slang)'' To [[inform]] on someone to the police.^(SOED 2002)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[shopper]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[shoppe]]

+ * [[shopkeeper]]

+ * [[shoplifter]]

+ * [[shopping]]

+ * [[workshop]]

+ * [[sheaf]]

+ * [[shippon]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}