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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Page 77
... figuratively . Lowell , in The Biglow Papers ( 1862 ) , stated that " Concord Bridge had long since yielded to the edacious tooth of time . " He probably knew the Roman saw , Tempus edax rerum : Time the devourer of all things ...
... figuratively . Lowell , in The Biglow Papers ( 1862 ) , stated that " Concord Bridge had long since yielded to the edacious tooth of time . " He probably knew the Roman saw , Tempus edax rerum : Time the devourer of all things ...
Page 287
... figuratively . Gk pekhtos : fixed , co- agulated . pectin , pectolite , peganite , pegmatite . pachnolite . paxilla . Peganum : genus of bean capers . colopexy , hysteropexy . pagurian . Paguridae : family , the hermit crab , with ...
... figuratively . Gk pekhtos : fixed , co- agulated . pectin , pectolite , peganite , pegmatite . pachnolite . paxilla . Peganum : genus of bean capers . colopexy , hysteropexy . pagurian . Paguridae : family , the hermit crab , with ...
Page 383
... ( figuratively , around one's neck ) , tombstone , whetstone . felstone : rock stone ; rock ( whence , via Fr , rococo ) seems to be Celtic in origin . Choosing each stone , and poising every weight , Trying the measures of the breadth ...
... ( figuratively , around one's neck ) , tombstone , whetstone . felstone : rock stone ; rock ( whence , via Fr , rococo ) seems to be Celtic in origin . Choosing each stone , and poising every weight , Trying the measures of the breadth ...
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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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