Talk:Writing style
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Word Origins
[edit]Does anyone have any information on the circulation of the word 'style'? Rather than simply examples of 'style' - where/when has the word been introduced? Would be interesting to trace back. The sources provided are all post 1970s.
My current thoughts are that the word is a miss-translation of the noun 'Staël' - the principality?
If anyone has any evidence of use of the word pre 1800s that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.233.116.159 (talk) 05:38, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
- It comes via French from the Latin stylus for a writing instrument. It developed the "manner of expression" meaning in Latin too. The OED first cites this meaning in English at c. 1330 - "Style. 13". Johnbod (talk) 14:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
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