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What are the word records for oldest?

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What are the word records for oldest?
(Etymology / Acronyms, anagrams, portmanteaus [17-210,23-19,37] / portmanteau word (word formed by mixing two other words))

[ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]
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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]

common word: parsec (1913)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com