lore

English

/lɔɹ/, /lɔː/, /lo(ː)ɹ/, /loə/

noun
Definitions
  • All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
  • The backstory created around a fictional universe.
  • (obsolete) Workmanship.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lore (knowledge) inherited from Old English lār (lore, doctrine, history, study, art of teaching, teaching, exhortation, precept, story, advice, cunning, learning, preaching, science, instigation) inherited from *laiʀu inherited from Proto-Germanic *laizō (teaching, lore, doctrine).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*laizō

Gloss

teaching, lore, doctrine

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