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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What English expresses with prepositions - to , for , by , from , and the like - other languages may indicate by various endings of the root word . But by their roots ye shall know them . Sir William Jones ( 1745-1794 ) ...
What English expresses with prepositions - to , for , by , from , and the like - other languages may indicate by various endings of the root word . But by their roots ye shall know them . Sir William Jones ( 1745-1794 ) ...
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Anthology reverses the usual sense of the ending ; it means not the study of flowers , but a bouquet , a garland , of words . ... The endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root significance .
Anthology reverses the usual sense of the ending ; it means not the study of flowers , but a bouquet , a garland , of words . ... The endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root significance .
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The map of India is dotted with names ending in puram or pur , such as Mahabalipuram , Rampur , and the one that has come into English as the riding breeches and boots , the jodhpurs . In America , Minneapolis combines the Greek word ...
The map of India is dotted with names ending in puram or pur , such as Mahabalipuram , Rampur , and the one that has come into English as the riding breeches and boots , the jodhpurs . In America , Minneapolis combines the Greek word ...
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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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ancient animal applied bhel bird called caput coined columns comes compounds dheigh dheigh N dheu earlier early earth element ending England English especially figuratively four French frequent genus gher gives Greek hand head hence horse human imitative Italy John King kleu known Latin letters lists literally live Lord meaning meant nebh Note one's onomen originally perhaps person plant play plek Possibly prefix probably Roman root says sense Shakespeare shape song sound speaks stand ster suer term things tree turn ueid usually whence woman words beginning
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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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