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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... come into English from various parts of a verb . Latin sto , stare , to stand , present participle stans , stantem ... comes directly into English . But the Germanic form , without the s , applied to prickly plants , became English ...
... come into English from various parts of a verb . Latin sto , stare , to stand , present participle stans , stantem ... comes directly into English . But the Germanic form , without the s , applied to prickly plants , became English ...
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... come . Venire facies : " You shall make come " persons from whom to select a jury ; a person thus called is a venireman . " Prevent us , O Lord , in all our doings ! " - The Book of Common Prayer ( 1548 ) ; i.e. , Come before us and ...
... come . Venire facies : " You shall make come " persons from whom to select a jury ; a person thus called is a venireman . " Prevent us , O Lord , in all our doings ! " - The Book of Common Prayer ( 1548 ) ; i.e. , Come before us and ...
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... comes and begs for a kiss . Alison , in the dark night , comes to the win- dow - and squats . Absalon , leaving , reflects that a woman has no beard ; he comes vengefully back with a red - hot poker and begs for one more kiss : This ...
... comes and begs for a kiss . Alison , in the dark night , comes to the win- dow - and squats . Absalon , leaving , reflects that a woman has no beard ; he comes vengefully back with a red - hot poker and begs for one more kiss : This ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
ambhi bhag bhel bher bhes bheu bhili bhreg called caput coined columns deik dekm dheigh N dheigh N 13 dhel dheu eghs ending English folk etymology folkchanged French genus gerbh ghdhem gher goddess Greek guei guel hence ieug imitative jing kapr kel VIII King kleu ksei ksun kuei kuetuer labh Latin leguh leuk literally Love's Labor's Lost meaning medhi morui nebh nekut neuos oino onomen pilo plek pleu prefix relevant words beginning Roman root sek II seku Shakespeare skeu slang smeit smer sner song sound spek sphei ster steu suer suffix tag II tereq teue tragh uegh ueid ueik ueks uelu uer II uerg uiro W. S. Gilbert whence
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