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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The form persists in garbage , which originally meant offal , or wheat , hay , and corn ( stalks ) taken as food for cattle . Hence probably also garble , which originally meant to sift , select , ( OED ) “ take the pick of " ...
The form persists in garbage , which originally meant offal , or wheat , hay , and corn ( stalks ) taken as food for cattle . Hence probably also garble , which originally meant to sift , select , ( OED ) “ take the pick of " ...
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... permanent . disport first meant carrying aside ; then , just as divert : turn aside , changed in sense to diversion : entertainment ( Fr , divertisse- ment ) , disport was applied to dallying and to the activities now meant by its ...
... permanent . disport first meant carrying aside ; then , just as divert : turn aside , changed in sense to diversion : entertainment ( Fr , divertisse- ment ) , disport was applied to dallying and to the activities now meant by its ...
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Gc , spur , spurn , sprain , spoor . spar first meant to fight with spurs , as did the game cock ; sometimes , extra ( steel ) spurs were fastened on . See also sphereg . to win one's spurs , now generalized , first meant to earn ...
Gc , spur , spurn , sprain , spoor . spar first meant to fight with spurs , as did the game cock ; sometimes , extra ( steel ) spurs were fastened on . See also sphereg . to win one's spurs , now generalized , first meant to earn ...
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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 hold horse human imitative Italy John King kleu 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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| 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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