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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

dictionary XVI. — medL. dictiōnārium, -us, f. L. dictiō phrase, word; see prec., -ARY.

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