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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... young, youth; iuvenilis, juvenile. It may offer validity to Voltaire to consider the vagaries of a few vowel sounds. Thus head, hear, heard, hearken. The farmer may sow the seed, then use the sow for meat. R. B. Sheridan (in parliament): ...
... young, youth; iuvenilis, juvenile. It may offer validity to Voltaire to consider the vagaries of a few vowel sounds. Thus head, hear, heard, hearken. The farmer may sow the seed, then use the sow for meat. R. B. Sheridan (in parliament): ...
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... and the oldsters too, if you come to that,' added the Major.” auld lang syne. “The old man has already done what the young man hopes to do: live long.” al II: beyond, other. Gk allos: other. allegory. allelomorph; allogen;
... and the oldsters too, if you come to that,' added the Major.” auld lang syne. “The old man has already done what the young man hopes to do: live long.” al II: beyond, other. Gk allos: other. allegory. allelomorph; allogen;
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... young gentleman belonging to the Custom House who in fear of rain borrowed the umbrella from Wilk's Coffee House shall the next time be welcome to the maid's pattens.” In December 1758, a Doctor Shebbaird “stood in the pillory, having a ...
... young gentleman belonging to the Custom House who in fear of rain borrowed the umbrella from Wilk's Coffee House shall the next time be welcome to the maid's pattens.” In December 1758, a Doctor Shebbaird “stood in the pillory, having a ...
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... young swan) see suen: sound—though its best-known sound is the swan song, at the moment of its dying. All the swans of England belong to the Crown. Note that the Saxon words here are all monosyllabic. pigge is ME; hog, perhaps Celt; for ...
... young swan) see suen: sound—though its best-known sound is the swan song, at the moment of its dying. All the swans of England belong to the Crown. Note that the Saxon words here are all monosyllabic. pigge is ME; hog, perhaps Celt; for ...
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... young priest, Gregory, seeing some blond slaves in Rome, inquired, then exclaimed: “Not Angles but Angels!” In 597, as Pope Gregory I, he sent Augustine with 40 monks to Kent, and Christianized England (Angle-land). Thence Anglican ...
... young priest, Gregory, seeing some blond slaves in Rome, inquired, then exclaimed: “Not Angles but Angels!” In 597, as Pope Gregory I, he sent Augustine with 40 monks to Kent, and Christianized England (Angle-land). Thence Anglican ...
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