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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Philip, lover of horses (hippopotamus, river horse; hippodrome, course for racing horses). Philosophy, love of wisdom. The first American college fraternity, the honor society ΦBK, Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, takes its name from ...
Philip, lover of horses (hippopotamus, river horse; hippodrome, course for racing horses). Philosophy, love of wisdom. The first American college fraternity, the honor society ΦBK, Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, takes its name from ...
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Chief of these is the horse, trained also for riding, for racing, for the hunt. OE hors; see also eku. For mare, see marko; for pony, filly, and foal, see pou; for steed and stallion, see sta. L caballus: horse, gave English cavalcade, ...
Chief of these is the horse, trained also for riding, for racing, for the hunt. OE hors; see also eku. For mare, see marko; for pony, filly, and foal, see pou; for steed and stallion, see sta. L caballus: horse, gave English cavalcade, ...
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A cheval glass is a large mirror on a “wooden horse” with swivels and on wheels, permitting various views, especially of a woman preparing her display for a formal function. Hence also clotheshorse. hobby-horse, in Shakespeare's day, ...
A cheval glass is a large mirror on a “wooden horse” with swivels and on wheels, permitting various views, especially of a woman preparing her display for a formal function. Hence also clotheshorse. hobby-horse, in Shakespeare's day, ...
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... it became the constellation Cancer (cancer means crab; see kar), fourth sign of the zodiac; see guei. Hydra is an equatorial constellation, near the constellation Centaurus, which is named for another monster, half horse, half man.
... it became the constellation Cancer (cancer means crab; see kar), fourth sign of the zodiac; see guei. Hydra is an equatorial constellation, near the constellation Centaurus, which is named for another monster, half horse, half man.
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'Twas her brother that, in pure kindess to his horse, buttered his hay.” Johnson's Dictionary calls cocksure “a word of contempt.” Lord Melbourne is quoted, in Spectator, 30 Nov. 1889, as saying: “I wish I were as cocksure of anything ...
'Twas her brother that, in pure kindess to his horse, buttered his hay.” Johnson's Dictionary calls cocksure “a word of contempt.” Lord Melbourne is quoted, in Spectator, 30 Nov. 1889, as saying: “I wish I were as cocksure of anything ...
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| Título | The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots The Origins of English Words |
| Autor | Joseph Twadell Shipley |
| Editor | JHU Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0801896436, 9780801896439 |
| Largo | 672 páginas |
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