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could (v.)
Old English
cuðe
, past tense of
cunnan
"to be able" (see
can
(v.1)); ending changed 14c. to standard English
-d(e)
. The excrescent
-l-
was added 15c.-16c. on model of
would
,
should
, where it is historical.
