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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... lives, With very many concubines and very many wives, Until old age came creeping, with very many qualms, Then Solomon wrote the Proverbs, and David wrote the Psalms. —James A. Naylor ak: sharp, sour, pointed; hence top, tip. Gk, acme ...
... lives, With very many concubines and very many wives, Until old age came creeping, with very many qualms, Then Solomon wrote the Proverbs, and David wrote the Psalms. —James A. Naylor ak: sharp, sour, pointed; hence top, tip. Gk, acme ...
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... before long—'and the oldsters too, if you come to that,' added the Major.” auld lang syne. “The old man has already done what the young man hopes to do: live long.” al II: beyond, other. Gk allos: other. allegory. allelomorph; allogen;
... before long—'and the oldsters too, if you come to that,' added the Major.” auld lang syne. “The old man has already done what the young man hopes to do: live long.” al II: beyond, other. Gk allos: other. allegory. allelomorph; allogen;
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... lives”; but the nine tails are supposed to represent the holy number three taken in itself (squared): a divine instrument of chastisement. See pilo. Using someone as a cat's paw arose from the fable of the monkey that persuaded a cat to ...
... lives”; but the nine tails are supposed to represent the holy number three taken in itself (squared): a divine instrument of chastisement. See pilo. Using someone as a cat's paw arose from the fable of the monkey that persuaded a cat to ...
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... live; thus we may say anti-Nixon as well as ante-Nixon. Gc, along; and; unto, until. A variant of until is till, a form that has three other distinct meanings: (1) to prepare soil for planting; (2) glacial debris; (3) a compartment for ...
... live; thus we may say anti-Nixon as well as ante-Nixon. Gc, along; and; unto, until. A variant of until is till, a form that has three other distinct meanings: (1) to prepare soil for planting; (2) glacial debris; (3) a compartment for ...
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... live prefix, as in post-Dadaist; post-Watergate. OED lists 99 such words, from postapostolic to postuterine. It then details 118 relevant words, from postabdomen ... postgraduate ... postnuptial ... postprandial... to postzygapophysis ...
... live prefix, as in post-Dadaist; post-Watergate. OED lists 99 such words, from postapostolic to postuterine. It then details 118 relevant words, from postabdomen ... postgraduate ... postnuptial ... postprandial... to postzygapophysis ...
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