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When was the word new first used?

Updated: 12/21/2022
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"New" is an basic word in English and has been used since before there was the language English. In Old English (before 1100 CE) it had a slightly different sound "neowe" ( like "nee-ooo").

It is a word word shared with most Indo-European languages with roots going back many thousands of years. Each language has a different way of using the common root root.

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