The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 1 - 672 páginas 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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... England under William, called “the Conqueror,” but owing much to Halley's Comet, the appearance of which was interpreted as an omen of disaster and broke King Harold's morale (shown on the famous Bayeux tapestry, the comet has been ...
... England under William, called “the Conqueror,” but owing much to Halley's Comet, the appearance of which was interpreted as an omen of disaster and broke King Harold's morale (shown on the famous Bayeux tapestry, the comet has been ...
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... England, school and orchestra have a k sound; but schedule is pronounced skedule in the one country and shedule in the other. Scandinavian fisk and German Fisch are both pronounced as English fish. An American in Scandinavia may be ...
... England, school and orchestra have a k sound; but schedule is pronounced skedule in the one country and shedule in the other. Scandinavian fisk and German Fisch are both pronounced as English fish. An American in Scandinavia may be ...
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... England.” In 1856 Emerson remarked: “I find the sea life an acquired taste, like that for tomatoes.” As late as 1867 it was dismissed as something “the Feejeans eat at their feasts of human flesh, and is therefore called the cannibals ...
... England.” In 1856 Emerson remarked: “I find the sea life an acquired taste, like that for tomatoes.” As late as 1867 it was dismissed as something “the Feejeans eat at their feasts of human flesh, and is therefore called the cannibals ...
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... England home. The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 and, we are told, fell first upon their knees and then upon the aborigines. There followed our first Thanksgiving. From this root probably air: of cattle of good stock, as also ...
... England home. The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 and, we are told, fell first upon their knees and then upon the aborigines. There followed our first Thanksgiving. From this root probably air: of cattle of good stock, as also ...
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... England, so called by the French, who approached by the white cliffs of Dover. ambhi: around, both. Some of its uses fuse with al III. Gk, amphitheatre, ampho-delite. amphoteric: either acid or base. amphora: two-handed jar,
... England, so called by the French, who approached by the white cliffs of Dover. ambhi: around, both. Some of its uses fuse with al III. Gk, amphitheatre, ampho-delite. amphoteric: either acid or base. amphora: two-handed jar,
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