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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... Coined by Lavoisier in 1777 , from the earlier Fr principe oxygine : the acidifying principle . Oxygen is the most abundant element on earth , being 62 % of all living matter ; plant cells are 75 % water ( H2O ) ; animal cells , 65 ...
... Coined by Lavoisier in 1777 , from the earlier Fr principe oxygine : the acidifying principle . Oxygen is the most abundant element on earth , being 62 % of all living matter ; plant cells are 75 % water ( H2O ) ; animal cells , 65 ...
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... Coined ( first lutetia , the oxide ) in 1907 by Urbain , from Lutetia , a fortified town of the Gaulish tribe Parisii , a town now known as Paris . A rare earth . From lutetia : swampland ; IE root leu II . ( 72 ) hafnium ( Hf ) . A ...
... Coined ( first lutetia , the oxide ) in 1907 by Urbain , from Lutetia , a fortified town of the Gaulish tribe Parisii , a town now known as Paris . A rare earth . From lutetia : swampland ; IE root leu II . ( 72 ) hafnium ( Hf ) . A ...
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... coined by William Beebe in 1930 ; and bathyscaphe , coined by Auguste Piccard in 1947 for his deep - sea diving vessel . bathorse , however , is a packhorse ; so bat- man : officer's servant . Ernst Haeckel in 1891 coined benthos : the ...
... coined by William Beebe in 1930 ; and bathyscaphe , coined by Auguste Piccard in 1947 for his deep - sea diving vessel . bathorse , however , is a packhorse ; so bat- man : officer's servant . Ernst Haeckel in 1891 coined benthos : the ...
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