BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Merriam-Webster dictionary has created an online 'Time Traveler' tool to search for when a certain word was first used in print.
All you need to do is type in a year and find which words were first used in print.
So far in 2020, nine words or phrases appeared for the first time, most notably COVID-19.
You can search when words were first used in print here.
