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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... animal, which the huntsman plucked out and tossed to the dogs, or the farmer plucked for food. About 1850, sports writers, seeking variety of terminology—the viscera being considered the seat of courage—applied the literal term to “the ...
... animal, which the huntsman plucked out and tossed to the dogs, or the farmer plucked for food. About 1850, sports writers, seeking variety of terminology—the viscera being considered the seat of courage—applied the literal term to “the ...
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... animal; phylum: chordata; class: mammalia; order: primate; family: hominidae; genus: homo; species: sapiens. The last three groups are enough for recognition. In zoology, all family names end idae; in botany, all end aceae. Because of ...
... animal; phylum: chordata; class: mammalia; order: primate; family: hominidae; genus: homo; species: sapiens. The last three groups are enough for recognition. In zoology, all family names end idae; in botany, all end aceae. Because of ...
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... animals. Gc, mother, motherly, motherless, mother-in-law. mother, in the sense of slimy material, such as the bacterial mass that converts wine to vinegar, may take that meaning from thought of the afterbirth, or possibly from Du modder ...
... animals. Gc, mother, motherly, motherless, mother-in-law. mother, in the sense of slimy material, such as the bacterial mass that converts wine to vinegar, may take that meaning from thought of the afterbirth, or possibly from Du modder ...
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... animal, animalcule, and the whole animal kingdom. animation; OED has 43 related words. animadvert. animosity. unanimous, magnanimous. pusillanimous: like a little boy (see pou). equanimity; the first element in this word, from L aequus ...
... animal, animalcule, and the whole animal kingdom. animation; OED has 43 related words. animadvert. animosity. unanimous, magnanimous. pusillanimous: like a little boy (see pou). equanimity; the first element in this word, from L aequus ...
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... animals are farmyard creatures (for farm, see dher III; for yard, see gher IV) raised for food, or trained as beasts of burden. Chief of these is the horse, trained also for riding, for racing, for the hunt. OE hors; see also eku. For ...
... animals are farmyard creatures (for farm, see dher III; for yard, see gher IV) raised for food, or trained as beasts of burden. Chief of these is the horse, trained also for riding, for racing, for the hunt. OE hors; see also eku. For ...
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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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ancient animal applied associated beauty became bird body called coined color columns comes common compounds Dictionary earlier early earth element ending England English especially figuratively folkchanged four French frequent genus gives Greek hand head hence hold horse human imitative Italy John King known land language later Latin leaves letters light lists literally live Lord mark meaning meant mind nature never Note one’s originally perhaps person pictured plant play Possibly prefix probably referred Roman root says sense Shakespeare shape short shortened song sound speaks stand star suggested term things translation tree turn usually whence woman words beginning wrote young