The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 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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... body of our vocabulary, however, especially if we count the scientific terms, by far the majority of our words have traveled through Greek or Latin, often reaching English via French. During these journeyings, certain patterns of form ...
... body of our vocabulary, however, especially if we count the scientific terms, by far the majority of our words have traveled through Greek or Latin, often reaching English via French. During these journeyings, certain patterns of form ...
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... body of this book lists the most important and fertile Indo-European roots with the English words they have become and with relevant quotations and expansions. Notes on Usage Some Indo-European roots may seem quite different.
... body of this book lists the most important and fertile Indo-European roots with the English words they have become and with relevant quotations and expansions. Notes on Usage Some Indo-European roots may seem quite different.
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... body of this book as OED. Under the editorship of R. W. Burchfield, four more supplements are now appearing: A-G, 1972; H-N, 1976; O-Scz, 1982 ... The Rhyming Dictionary of J. Walker, first published in 1775, used and referred to by ...
... body of this book as OED. Under the editorship of R. W. Burchfield, four more supplements are now appearing: A-G, 1972; H-N, 1976; O-Scz, 1982 ... The Rhyming Dictionary of J. Walker, first published in 1775, used and referred to by ...
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... -aqua). An interesting suggestion connects island, early yland, with the eye. Parts of the body are used figuratively in geography: the mouth of a river, the brow and foot of a hill, an arm of the sea. A headland; thus, too, an.
... -aqua). An interesting suggestion connects island, early yland, with the eye. Parts of the body are used figuratively in geography: the mouth of a river, the brow and foot of a hill, an arm of the sea. A headland; thus, too, an.
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... body was disinterred in 1415, burned, and thrown into the River Swift. L apt, aptitude, attitude; adapt, adept, inept; apex. L prefix ab: from, away, lacking. abiogenesis: production of life from nonliving matter, coined by Thomas ...
... body was disinterred in 1415, burned, and thrown into the River Swift. L apt, aptitude, attitude; adapt, adept, inept; apex. L prefix ab: from, away, lacking. abiogenesis: production of life from nonliving matter, coined by Thomas ...
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