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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... (Roman Mercury) was the patron god of both merchants and thieves; hence such words as mercurial and the slippery metal mercury; hermetic is from Hermes Trismegistus (thrice greatest), a name applied to the Egyptian god of astrology and ...
... (Roman Mercury) was the patron god of both merchants and thieves; hence such words as mercurial and the slippery metal mercury; hermetic is from Hermes Trismegistus (thrice greatest), a name applied to the Egyptian god of astrology and ...
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... (Roman Juno) promised Paris greatness; Athene (Roman Minerva), success in war; Aphrodite (Roman Venus), the loveliest woman. The most beautiful woman, Helen—daughter of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan—was.
... (Roman Juno) promised Paris greatness; Athene (Roman Minerva), success in war; Aphrodite (Roman Venus), the loveliest woman. The most beautiful woman, Helen—daughter of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan—was.
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... Roman goddess of fruits was Pomona. There are over 50 more words from this source in OED. Beyond these, “a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Bible, Proverbs 25); and, of course, the one that is “the apple ...
... Roman goddess of fruits was Pomona. There are over 50 more words from this source in OED. Beyond these, “a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Bible, Proverbs 25); and, of course, the one that is “the apple ...
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... Romans have been grossly misunderstood, as when M. Collins, in Pen Sketches (1871), declares: “The Romans ... defied all rules of aristology by their abominable excesses.” The Roman vomitorium was not what the word first brings to mind ...
... Romans have been grossly misunderstood, as when M. Collins, in Pen Sketches (1871), declares: “The Romans ... defied all rules of aristology by their abominable excesses.” The Roman vomitorium was not what the word first brings to mind ...
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... Roman Aurora, goddess of the dawn. L, aurora (borealis: of the north). From the gold of the dawn, L aurum; hence the symbol of the chemical element gold, Au; see el 79. aureate, aureole; oriflamme: golden flame, the banner of St. Denis ...
... Roman Aurora, goddess of the dawn. L, aurora (borealis: of the north). From the gold of the dawn, L aurum; hence the symbol of the chemical element gold, Au; see el 79. aureate, aureole; oriflamme: golden flame, the banner of St. Denis ...
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