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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... short, have traced a longer trail. Taxi is a shortening of taxicab, itself a cutting of taximeter cabriolet; in other words, a little (originally two-wheeled) vehicle that bounds like a goat (Capri, island of capering goats), equipped ...
... short, have traced a longer trail. Taxi is a shortening of taxicab, itself a cutting of taximeter cabriolet; in other words, a little (originally two-wheeled) vehicle that bounds like a goat (Capri, island of capering goats), equipped ...
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... . Other combinations of cat include cat nap: a short sleep while sitting; catnip; “raining cats and dogs.” The dog, trained to guard sheep in the field, and for various purposes in hunting, was OE docga. For hound, see.
... . Other combinations of cat include cat nap: a short sleep while sitting; catnip; “raining cats and dogs.” The dog, trained to guard sheep in the field, and for various purposes in hunting, was OE docga. For hound, see.
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... short for antecestre, which also appears in English, but rarely. antecedent. The Greek and Latin prefix has taken several forms: (1) a, as agnostic; (2) an, as anomaly. Thus we have both antarctic and anarchic, anarchy. (3) ana, as ...
... short for antecestre, which also appears in English, but rarely. antecedent. The Greek and Latin prefix has taken several forms: (1) a, as agnostic; (2) an, as anomaly. Thus we have both antarctic and anarchic, anarchy. (3) ana, as ...
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... short for Nationalsozialist, the party (founded in 1912, before World War I) that came to power with Hitler in 1933. ?arkh: begin, take the lead; hence, ruler. This root produced two sets of words. (1) Related to the beginning of things ...
... short for Nationalsozialist, the party (founded in 1912, before World War I) that came to power with Hitler in 1933. ?arkh: begin, take the lead; hence, ruler. This root produced two sets of words. (1) Related to the beginning of things ...
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... short for hydropsy. Gk ouron: urine. urinal, urinalysis, urinate, uroscopy; urogenital; urotoxic, ureter, urethra, uretic; diuretic; enuresis; pyuria. OED lists eight words beginning urino; it details 17, from uric to urinous. Note that ...
... short for hydropsy. Gk ouron: urine. urinal, urinalysis, urinate, uroscopy; urogenital; urotoxic, ureter, urethra, uretic; diuretic; enuresis; pyuria. OED lists eight words beginning urino; it details 17, from uric to urinous. Note that ...
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