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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... imitative : yodel , first used in English by Scott in 1830 ; and yowl . J ? jing . jangle and jingle are among a group of echoic , or imitative , words : tang , ting , tingle , tink , tinker , tinkle . Note that there is an early E tang ...
... imitative : yodel , first used in English by Scott in 1830 ; and yowl . J ? jing . jangle and jingle are among a group of echoic , or imitative , words : tang , ting , tingle , tink , tinker , tinkle . Note that there is an early E tang ...
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... Imitative . L lambentem : licking . lambent . OFr Lampons !: Let's lap it up !, cry of medieval students on the way ... imitative ) . rave , ravenous . The bird raven is partly imitative of its sound , OE hraefn ( see ker IV ) . ravin ...
... Imitative . L lambentem : licking . lambent . OFr Lampons !: Let's lap it up !, cry of medieval students on the way ... imitative ) . rave , ravenous . The bird raven is partly imitative of its sound , OE hraefn ( see ker IV ) . ravin ...
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... imitative of rapid repetition . Gk mimos . mime , mimic , mimesis , mimetic . pantomime . mimeograph . Mimosaceae , Mimosa : family and genus of plants ; see mei I. Mimulus : genus , the monkey flower , named for its masklike corolla ...
... imitative of rapid repetition . Gk mimos . mime , mimic , mimesis , mimetic . pantomime . mimeograph . Mimosaceae , Mimosa : family and genus of plants ; see mei I. Mimulus : genus , the monkey flower , named for its masklike corolla ...
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