The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1984-03-01 - 672 psl. 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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... star Betelgeuse , and is so large that the middle " star " of the sword is actually a nebular galaxy . When the pansexual , presumptuous Orion sought to ravish Artemis , Zeus had him killed by a scorpion ; and the constellation Scorpio ...
... star Betelgeuse , and is so large that the middle " star " of the sword is actually a nebular galaxy . When the pansexual , presumptuous Orion sought to ravish Artemis , Zeus had him killed by a scorpion ; and the constellation Scorpio ...
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... star Polaris , at the tip of the tail , is the North Star , the mariner's guide by night . Thus cynosure came to mean a center of attraction . ( Ursa Major : the Great Bear , points to Polaris ; see septm . For ursa , see rkthos ...
... star Polaris , at the tip of the tail , is the North Star , the mariner's guide by night . Thus cynosure came to mean a center of attraction . ( Ursa Major : the Great Bear , points to Polaris ; see septm . For ursa , see rkthos ...
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... star , Deneb , has an intrinsic brightness some 1,000 times that of Earth's sun ; its star Number 61 , though comparatively faint , was the first star to have its distance from Earth measured scientifically . Gc , fox ( feminine , vixen ) ...
... star , Deneb , has an intrinsic brightness some 1,000 times that of Earth's sun ; its star Number 61 , though comparatively faint , was the first star to have its distance from Earth measured scientifically . Gc , fox ( feminine , vixen ) ...
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