The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001-07-01 - 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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... Greek, and the Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, and Romance branches, and by identifying family likenesses and regular shiftings of sounds—became able to postulate with considerable confidence a large number of the Indo-European roots from ...
... Greek, and the Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, and Romance branches, and by identifying family likenesses and regular shiftings of sounds—became able to postulate with considerable confidence a large number of the Indo-European roots from ...
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... Greek euphoria, French garage (automobile barn), Swedish ombudsman, Afrikaans apartheid, Japanese karate (empty hand) and judo (gentle way). It embraces concise or colorful expressions from any source: Spanish pronto, French détente ...
... Greek euphoria, French garage (automobile barn), Swedish ombudsman, Afrikaans apartheid, Japanese karate (empty hand) and judo (gentle way). It embraces concise or colorful expressions from any source: Spanish pronto, French détente ...
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... Greek or Latin roots. Thus anthropology means the study of man. Greek logos (word, talk, reason, logic) provides many English words ending in (o)logy, meaning the study of. Gynecology is the (medical) study of women. An androgyne is a ...
... Greek or Latin roots. Thus anthropology means the study of man. Greek logos (word, talk, reason, logic) provides many English words ending in (o)logy, meaning the study of. Gynecology is the (medical) study of women. An androgyne is a ...
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... (Greek khrusos, gold). The word anthem by itself, however, means a hymn of praise or loyalty, such as the national anthem; from Greek antiphonos (a voice against), it was originally a song chanted alternately by two choirs. In this sense ...
... (Greek khrusos, gold). The word anthem by itself, however, means a hymn of praise or loyalty, such as the national anthem; from Greek antiphonos (a voice against), it was originally a song chanted alternately by two choirs. In this sense ...
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... Greek phobos means dread, but fear gives birth to hatred. There are too many phobias, but the phil words also abound. Philanthropy, love of man. Philadelphia, (city of) brotherly love. Philip, lover of horses (hippopotamus, river horse ...
... Greek phobos means dread, but fear gives birth to hatred. There are too many phobias, but the phil words also abound. Philanthropy, love of man. Philadelphia, (city of) brotherly love. Philip, lover of horses (hippopotamus, river horse ...
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The Origins of English Words– A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Trumpų ištraukų rodinys - 1984 |
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