If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

from his collection of English words?If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
he borrowed from oxford.



just maybe.
Webster didn't write the first dictionary, Sir Thomas Elyot published the first English dictionary in 1538.If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
He didn't. He wrote a speller of the American Language. The story was he wanted a standard work to use in schools.I think Dr. Johnson's dictionary is older.If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
My answer would have to be, thanks to the poster above me,

Sir Thomas Elyot who published the first Latin-English dictionary in 1538.
Modern dictionaries such as Webster or Oxford are popularly know because they were created at a time when printing began to be mechanized and modernized. From then on we mistakenly assume that there were no dictionaries before them.



In fact, many other dictionaries were written before the two former existed. They are older, rarer, and thus less known.



The works of Geoffrey Chaucer constitute the oldest basis of modern English language. Scientists and experts found that Chaucer used a mix of the tongue in use in London and this of another province. Latter, Shakespeare used a more elaborate version of the English language based upon the tongue of Chaucer which gained popularity because it was a printed use of the English tongue. The definitive basis of the English tongue we use today owes to the printer Caxton, who started to print books in England about a decade following the beginning of printing by Gutenberg in Europe.



Sorry, I didn't take the time to check for dates. But if ever your interest for this enthralling subject goes beyond casual curiosity then I recommend to you the reading of The Story of English: A Modern Approach, by Mario Pei.
from the english language.
zzz... from webster's vocabulary teacher... hmmm... beer... zzz...
From the Internet.
OHH Thanks for this info.
From his wife, who always had the last word.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08577…

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08577…

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08…



For educational purpose
maybe from his wife ,that is 25k words a day!can you imagine how toxic his day listening to his wife just to come up with a very informative txt...just a hunch lols
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