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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... ending; it means not the study of flowers, but a bouquet, a garland, of words. Word ways, while usually explicable, are always unpredictable. The endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root ...
... ending; it means not the study of flowers, but a bouquet, a garland, of words. Word ways, while usually explicable, are always unpredictable. The endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root ...
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... ending in puram or pur, such as Mahabalipuram, Rampur, and the one that has come into English as the riding breeches and boots, the jodhpurs. In America, Minneapolis combines the Greek word for city with the Sioux word for water. In ...
... ending in puram or pur, such as Mahabalipuram, Rampur, and the one that has come into English as the riding breeches and boots, the jodhpurs. In America, Minneapolis combines the Greek word for city with the Sioux word for water. In ...
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... ending in the Latin suffix osus: full of, may come into English as bellicose, grandiose, verbose; or courageous, ostentatious, pious (full of piety). Usually the ose form is more learned, taken directly from the Latin, whereas the ous ...
... ending in the Latin suffix osus: full of, may come into English as bellicose, grandiose, verbose; or courageous, ostentatious, pious (full of piety). Usually the ose form is more learned, taken directly from the Latin, whereas the ous ...
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... ending with apple, as bake-apple, swamp apple. Warmth and peace within, And savory sniff from cellar door of spicy apple bin. applesauce; also as slang: “That's all applesauce!”—explained in Century Magazine (Autumn 1929) as “a ...
... ending with apple, as bake-apple, swamp apple. Warmth and peace within, And savory sniff from cellar door of spicy apple bin. applesauce; also as slang: “That's all applesauce!”—explained in Century Magazine (Autumn 1929) as “a ...
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... and a mare. For ass, see asinus— though asinine refers to humans. The donkey, a domesticated ass, is named for its dun color (see dheu I); the ending is probably influenced by monkey. For ass, the buttocks, see ors. The.
... and a mare. For ass, see asinus— though asinine refers to humans. The donkey, a domesticated ass, is named for its dun color (see dheu I); the ending is probably influenced by monkey. For ass, the buttocks, see ors. The.
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