is c. 1600

[GoldfishLord]

The noun meaning "accent mark over a vowel" is c. 1600, from French.
(Reference: https://www.etymonline.com/word/grave?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_11933 )
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I'd like to know if "is c. 1600" is understood to mean "is from c. 1600".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

No. The c. is short for circa.

 

[GoldfishLord]

No. The c. is short for circa.

I didn't express my thought well.
What I'd really like to know is if "is circa 1600" is understood to mean "is from circa 1600".

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, or "is" can be taken to mean "dates from".

 

[GoldfishLord]

Yes, or "is" can be taken to mean "dates from".

I'd also like to know if the verb be has a meaning of "to date from".
The meaning "to date from" isn't entered at any entry for the verb "be" in all my dictionaries.

 

[emsr2d2]

I meant that it can be taken to mean the same as "dates from". I didn't say that "dates from" is a definition of "is" within the verb "be".

 

[jutfrank]

This is a dictionary of etymology, so it's obvious that the entries are talking about when words date from.

 

[GoldfishLord]

I didn't say that "dates from" is a definition of "is" within the verb "be".

I get it.
But I wonder whether a definition of "is" is within the verb "be" or whether "is" is within the verb "be"

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I get it.
But I wonder whether a definition of "is" is within the verb "be" or whether "is" is within the verb "be"

Is is just to be's simple present tense.

 

[Rover_KE]

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