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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... called Cunctator (the Delayer) from his hit-and-run tactics, which harassed the flanks of Hannibal's army while avoiding pitched battle, and gradually wore down his strength to the destruction of Carthage. The Fabians advocate a ...
... called Cunctator (the Delayer) from his hit-and-run tactics, which harassed the flanks of Hannibal's army while avoiding pitched battle, and gradually wore down his strength to the destruction of Carthage. The Fabians advocate a ...
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... called folk etymology, the turning of an unfamiliar word toward one that is more common. Thus, crevisse became crayfish. Pentis, a lean-to, was transfigured to penthouse. When laymen began to write (an activity that for centuries was ...
... called folk etymology, the turning of an unfamiliar word toward one that is more common. Thus, crevisse became crayfish. Pentis, a lean-to, was transfigured to penthouse. When laymen began to write (an activity that for centuries was ...
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... called a parsec (from the first syllable of each of the words); it equals 3.258 light-years, or about 1.92 × 1013 miles. When quacks with pills political would dope us, When politics absorbs the livelong day, I like to think upon that ...
... called a parsec (from the first syllable of each of the words); it equals 3.258 light-years, or about 1.92 × 1013 miles. When quacks with pills political would dope us, When politics absorbs the livelong day, I like to think upon that ...
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... called petting and necking; to kittle meant to rouse, also to give birth. OED defines tickle-tail as a wanton woman, “now dialectal.” And pussy, perhaps also imitative, is still a slang term for the vagina, as cat-house is vulgar for a ...
... called petting and necking; to kittle meant to rouse, also to give birth. OED defines tickle-tail as a wanton woman, “now dialectal.” And pussy, perhaps also imitative, is still a slang term for the vagina, as cat-house is vulgar for a ...
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... called a cock; from the tap came the use of cock to mean penis. cocksure: secure as a tap; not a drop of doubt can drip through. Such overconfidence reminds one of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary definition of positive: mistaken at ...
... called a cock; from the tap came the use of cock to mean penis. cocksure: secure as a tap; not a drop of doubt can drip through. Such overconfidence reminds one of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary definition of positive: mistaken at ...
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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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