schedule English · revision 4025

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1397|origins=grc σχίζω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈʃedʒ.uːl/, /ˈʃed.juːl/, US /ˈskedʒ.uːl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|sedule]], cedule,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|fro|cedule]] (modern French cédule),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la-lat|schedula|t=strip of paper]], a diminutive of [[m|la|scheda|t=one of the strips forming a papyrus sheet]] (also scida),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[grc|σχίδη|tr=skhídē|t=splinter]], from the stem of skhízein “to cleave, split”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The spelling with sch- began in the 15th century in imitation of Latin and was regular from the mid-17th century.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Spanish cédula and German Zettel have the same source.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[schism]] and [[shed]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A slip of paper with writing on it, a ticket or label, a sense now obsolete: 1397 in the OED and Barnhart,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was especially a slip attached to a document as an appendix, giving details in tabular form (about 1420), a sense kept in American tax forms.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The printed timetable is from 1863, in railway use, first American,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the sense became general in the United States in the mid-19th century.^(Cresswell 2021) The verb is from 1855, “to make a schedule of”, and 1862, “to include in a schedule”;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) to list a building for preservation is from 1921.^(OED 1989) The pronunciation long remained “sed-yul” after the change of spelling;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) the British “shed-yul” is from French influence, and the American “sked-yul” from Webster's practice, based on the Greek.^(Etymonline) Dorothy Parker is said to have told the British actor Herbert Marshall, after his repeated mentions of his “shedule”, that he was full of “skit”.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1397 – a written slip.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1420 – an appendix to a document.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * mid-17th century – the spelling with sch-.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1855 – verb, to make a schedule of.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1863 – a timetable.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1921 – to list a building.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A plan of work or events, with the time allotted to each.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A list of times of departure and arrival; a [[timetable]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A written or printed list in tabular form, especially one attached to a document.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To plan or appoint for a certain time.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To enter on a schedule, or make up a schedule for.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[schedular]]

+ * [[scheduler]]

+ * [[subschedule]]

+ * [[preschedule]]

+ * [[reschedule]]

+ * [[unscheduled]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[schism]]

+ * [[shed]]

+ * [[schist]]

+ * [[schizophrenia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}