furthermore English · revision 6474

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1200}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/ ''(UK)''; /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English, from [[further]] and [[more]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To a more advanced point, still further: about 1200 in the OED and Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides, also, moreover, the surviving sense, is from about 1275.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) To a greater extent, and of time, henceforth, were Middle English senses now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) Middle English also had farthermore.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – still further.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1275 – moreover.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In addition; [[besides]]; [[moreover]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[further]]

+ * [[more]]

+ * [[moreover]]

+ * [[furthermost]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}