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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( with Latin ) , in royal court , and in law court . For some three hundred fifty years Anglo - Saxon and Norman French competed , and gradually merged , until Chau- cer's poems and Caxton's printing press set the crown upon their ...
( with Latin ) , in royal court , and in law court . For some three hundred fifty years Anglo - Saxon and Norman French competed , and gradually merged , until Chau- cer's poems and Caxton's printing press set the crown upon their ...
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Latin scintilla came directly into English , giving us scintillate as well ; by metathesis it is also the source of tinsel and stencil . Reduplication A sound may , in early speech , be reduplicated , as we say chat and chitchat ; hurry ...
Latin scintilla came directly into English , giving us scintillate as well ; by metathesis it is also the source of tinsel and stencil . Reduplication A sound may , in early speech , be reduplicated , as we say chat and chitchat ; hurry ...
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Latin retained the n of nes ; hence paternoster , the prayer to our Father ( in heaven ) , and the medieval nostrum , literally " our own " : a secret recipe , concocted by the man , usually a quack , that sold it .
Latin retained the n of nes ; hence paternoster , the prayer to our Father ( in heaven ) , and the medieval nostrum , literally " our own " : a secret recipe , concocted by the man , usually a quack , that sold it .
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ancient animal applied bhel bird called caput coined columns compounds dheigh dheigh N dheu earlier early earth element ending England English especially figuratively four French frequent genus gher gives Greek hand head hence hold horse human imitative Italy John King kleu Latin letters lists literally live Lord meaning meant medhi 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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| Título | The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots |
| Autor | Joseph Twadell Shipley |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 22 Dic. 2006 |
| ISBN | 0801830044, 9780801830044 |
| Largo | 672 páginas |
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