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When did a word first show up in English? Pick a century to see the words first recorded then.

• The 0s1
• The 1100s2
• The 1200s9
• The 1300s43
• The 1400s58
• The 1500s120
• The 1600s107
• The 1700s62
• The 1800s135
• The 1900s80
• The 2000s6

Coined words: who made them up, and when →

Dates come from each word's history on Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA).