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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... head). Some words, though short, have traced a longer trail. Taxi is a shortening of taxicab, itself a cutting of taximeter cabriolet; in other words, a little (originally two-wheeled) vehicle that bounds like a goat (Capri, island of ...
... head). Some words, though short, have traced a longer trail. Taxi is a shortening of taxicab, itself a cutting of taximeter cabriolet; in other words, a little (originally two-wheeled) vehicle that bounds like a goat (Capri, island of ...
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... head, hear, heard, hearken. The farmer may sow the seed, then use the sow for meat. R. B. Sheridan (in parliament): Where shall I find a more foolish knave or a knavish fool than this? Eager Honorable Gentleman: Hear! Hear! There are ...
... head, hear, heard, hearken. The farmer may sow the seed, then use the sow for meat. R. B. Sheridan (in parliament): Where shall I find a more foolish knave or a knavish fool than this? Eager Honorable Gentleman: Hear! Hear! There are ...
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... head and torso; a goat's ears, horns, and (two) legs. The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.Horace Walpole, letter of 16 Aug. 1776. (In 1775 he had written: By the waters of Babylon we.
... head and torso; a goat's ears, horns, and (two) legs. The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.Horace Walpole, letter of 16 Aug. 1776. (In 1775 he had written: By the waters of Babylon we.
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... head; of an inverted plant nucleus, opposite of orthotropous with 43 more words in its 1972 supplement. Thus, via It, analfabeti; though illiteracy does not necessarily mean ignorance; we are told that there have been Italian ...
... head; of an inverted plant nucleus, opposite of orthotropous with 43 more words in its 1972 supplement. Thus, via It, analfabeti; though illiteracy does not necessarily mean ignorance; we are told that there have been Italian ...
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... head, the early tap or faucet was 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 ...
... head, the early tap or faucet was 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 ...
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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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