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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... term psychology. Psyche (breath, soul) was briefly the mate of the child-god (not of love, as is commonly said, but of desire) Greek Eros (Roman Cupid): these names give us material cupidity, the many erogenous zones, and erotica ...
... term psychology. Psyche (breath, soul) was briefly the mate of the child-god (not of love, as is commonly said, but of desire) Greek Eros (Roman Cupid): these names give us material cupidity, the many erogenous zones, and erotica ...
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... Terms, H. B. and A. C. English set a prefatory jingle, mocking such misuse of the classical roots. There are many words ... term might mean an increase in salary or prestige. A mountain on Mars or a disease might even be named for its ...
... Terms, H. B. and A. C. English set a prefatory jingle, mocking such misuse of the classical roots. There are many words ... term might mean an increase in salary or prestige. A mountain on Mars or a disease might even be named for its ...
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... term to “the quality of courageous (heartful) persistence despite difficulty,” and the noun pluck took on its present meaning. The persistence of folk physiology and human imagery is illustrated by the fact that today persons seeking ...
... term to “the quality of courageous (heartful) persistence despite difficulty,” and the noun pluck took on its present meaning. The persistence of folk physiology and human imagery is illustrated by the fact that today persons seeking ...
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... term for the vagina, as cat-house is vulgar for a brothel. The same entanglement occurs in French: chat: cat; chaton: kitten, both also slang for con: cunt; and chatouiller: tickle. purr, mew, mewl, miau(l), are all imitative. A ...
... term for the vagina, as cat-house is vulgar for a brothel. The same entanglement occurs in French: chat: cat; chaton: kitten, both also slang for con: cunt; and chatouiller: tickle. purr, mew, mewl, miau(l), are all imitative. A ...
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... term is used by Moth, who thereupon substitutes hackney, which was a horse anyone might hire. (Note the similar sound, for wordplay: horse, whores.) There was, much earlier, the Trojan horse, within the belly of which hid the Greeks ...
... term is used by Moth, who thereupon substitutes hackney, which was a horse anyone might hire. (Note the similar sound, for wordplay: horse, whores.) There was, much earlier, the Trojan horse, within the belly of which hid the Greeks ...
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