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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... hence E larceny . Gk doulos : slave , whence dulocracy . dulosis : slavery ( as among some ants ) . dulia ... hence allow ; ( 2 ) sluggish , hence delaying , hindering , as in the legal phrase without let or hindrance , or a let ball in ...
... hence E larceny . Gk doulos : slave , whence dulocracy . dulosis : slavery ( as among some ants ) . dulia ... hence allow ; ( 2 ) sluggish , hence delaying , hindering , as in the legal phrase without let or hindrance , or a let ball in ...
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... hence propolis : beeglue ( mainly from poplar or chestnut buds ) , which held together the bee city , the combs to the hive . From this root may also come polite , politesse , polish ( from the city's “ polished " ways as opposed to ...
... hence propolis : beeglue ( mainly from poplar or chestnut buds ) , which held together the bee city , the combs to the hive . From this root may also come polite , politesse , polish ( from the city's “ polished " ways as opposed to ...
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... hence timid , etc. , but also temerarious ; temerous , temerity ; OED lists 11 such words . temulant : clouded with drink ; hence , preferably , abstemious . temp : stretch , extend . This root , an extension of the root ten , has ...
... hence timid , etc. , but also temerarious ; temerous , temerity ; OED lists 11 such words . temulant : clouded with drink ; hence , preferably , abstemious . temp : stretch , extend . This root , an extension of the root ten , has ...
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