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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... whence also kleptomaniac. dropsy is 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 ...
... whence also kleptomaniac. dropsy is 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 ...
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... whence bacchante, bacchanalia. bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous. LL baccalaureatus: wearing the laurel berry, a sign of victory. baccalaureate: the college degree, as won by a bachelor of arts or science—of either sex. Apollo pursued ...
... whence bacchante, bacchanalia. bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous. LL baccalaureatus: wearing the laurel berry, a sign of victory. baccalaureate: the college degree, as won by a bachelor of arts or science—of either sex. Apollo pursued ...
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... whence also inevitable and, via Fr, avoid and unavoidable.) Gk phos, phot-: light. phot, photic, photograph, photostat. OED lists 79 words beginning photo, and details 98. A photographee is a person that poses for a photographer ...
... whence also inevitable and, via Fr, avoid and unavoidable.) Gk phos, phot-: light. phot, photic, photograph, photostat. OED lists 79 words beginning photo, and details 98. A photographee is a person that poses for a photographer ...
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... whence coprolite, coprology, coprophilous, coprophagy, etc. L cacare: poppycock (pap: soft; literally, soft shit). Via Norse, cucking stool. Note that cacomistle is unrelated to caca or to mistletoe; it is a Nahwatl (American Indian) ...
... whence coprolite, coprology, coprophilous, coprophagy, etc. L cacare: poppycock (pap: soft; literally, soft shit). Via Norse, cucking stool. Note that cacomistle is unrelated to caca or to mistletoe; it is a Nahwatl (American Indian) ...
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... whence pygal, pygidium), was a frequent subject of paintings, of callipygian bloom. steatopygian is from Gk stear, steat-: solid fat, whence also stearic acid, steatolysis; see stei. Among some African tribes, steatopygia is considered ...
... whence pygal, pygidium), was a frequent subject of paintings, of callipygian bloom. steatopygian is from Gk stear, steat-: solid fat, whence also stearic acid, steatolysis; see stei. Among some African tribes, steatopygia is considered ...
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