The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1984 M03 1 - 672 pages There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. |
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... ( Roman Juno ) promised Paris greatness ; Athene ( Roman Minerva ) , success in war ; Aphrodite ( Roman Venus ) , the loveliest woman . The most beautiful woman , Helen - daughter of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan - was wife of the ...
... ( Roman Juno ) promised Paris greatness ; Athene ( Roman Minerva ) , success in war ; Aphrodite ( Roman Venus ) , the loveliest woman . The most beautiful woman , Helen - daughter of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan - was wife of the ...
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... Roman , trimmed ; but in the Roman Empire shaving became general about 450 B.C. partly for greater safety in close combat , not to be grasped by the beard . When Pope Leo III shaved , in 795 , the Roman Catholic clergy followed his ...
... Roman , trimmed ; but in the Roman Empire shaving became general about 450 B.C. partly for greater safety in close combat , not to be grasped by the beard . When Pope Leo III shaved , in 795 , the Roman Catholic clergy followed his ...
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... Romans ( Quirites : Roman citizens ) , appealing for help . The Quirinal was one of the Seven Hills of Rome ; Quirinus was an early Roman god of war ; but Quirites may have come from the Sabine town of Cures . Sp , quebracho : very hard ...
... Romans ( Quirites : Roman citizens ) , appealing for help . The Quirinal was one of the Seven Hills of Rome ; Quirinus was an early Roman god of war ; but Quirites may have come from the Sabine town of Cures . Sp , quebracho : very hard ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
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