The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsThere 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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Also from classical myth comes the term psychology . Psyche ( breath , soul ) was briefly the mate of the child - god ( not of love , as is commonly said , but of desire ) Greek Eros ( Roman Cupid ) : these names give us material ...
Also from classical myth comes the term psychology . Psyche ( breath , soul ) was briefly the mate of the child - god ( not of love , as is commonly said , but of desire ) Greek Eros ( Roman Cupid ) : these names give us material ...
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Freque requent Word Forms and Transformations Most of the words we use in our everyday speech have come into English by way of the Germanic Anglo - Saxon line . In the great body of our vocabulary , however , especially if we count the ...
Freque requent Word Forms and Transformations Most of the words we use in our everyday speech have come into English by way of the Germanic Anglo - Saxon line . In the great body of our vocabulary , however , especially if we count the ...
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Verbal Forms Words may come into English from various parts of a verb . Latin sto , stare , to stand , present participle stans , stantem , past participle status ( taken directly into English ) , gives us such differing words as stow ...
Verbal Forms Words may come into English from various parts of a verb . Latin sto , stare , to stand , present participle stans , stantem , past participle status ( taken directly into English ) , gives us such differing words as stow ...
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Full " Words Words ending in the Latin suffix osus : full of , may come into English as bellicose , grandiose , verbose ; or as courageous , ostentatious , pious ( full of piety ) . Usually the ose form is more learned , taken directly ...
Full " Words Words ending in the Latin suffix osus : full of , may come into English as bellicose , grandiose , verbose ; or as courageous , ostentatious , pious ( full of piety ) . Usually the ose form is more learned , taken directly ...
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| Title | The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots |
| Author | Joseph Twadell Shipley |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | JHU Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0801867843, 9780801867842 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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