The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 01/07/2001 - 672 páginas 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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... compound with phobia “clearer, more convenient, more euphonious, or less ambiguous, than if the morbid fear had been characterized in English.” Yet the eager wordsmiths continue. A new term might mean an increase in salary or prestige ...
... compound with phobia “clearer, more convenient, more euphonious, or less ambiguous, than if the morbid fear had been characterized in English.” Yet the eager wordsmiths continue. A new term might mean an increase in salary or prestige ...
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... compounds take up 12 OED columns; others are detailed in 18 columns more, from horseback... horse chestnut: a large inedible variety—unlike the French marron, delicious when glazed or creamed—used in the East, said Gerarde in his Herbal ...
... compounds take up 12 OED columns; others are detailed in 18 columns more, from horseback... horse chestnut: a large inedible variety—unlike the French marron, delicious when glazed or creamed—used in the East, said Gerarde in his Herbal ...
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... compounds. During the days when flogging was a common punishment, a dose of 25 lashes was called a tester; 50, a bob; 75, a bull; and 100, a canary; these names were borrowed from slang terms for money, a tester being sixpence; a bob, a ...
... compounds. During the days when flogging was a common punishment, a dose of 25 lashes was called a tester; 50, a bob; 75, a bull; and 100, a canary; these names were borrowed from slang terms for money, a tester being sixpence; a bob, a ...
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... fly away. The prolific verb L pono, ponere, postum, positum: put, place, was shortened from pozno, which is (a)po-s(i)no; see sei. apposite, apposition, component, compose, composite, composition, compost. compound; contrapose. deponent,
... fly away. The prolific verb L pono, ponere, postum, positum: put, place, was shortened from pozno, which is (a)po-s(i)no; see sei. apposite, apposition, component, compose, composite, composition, compost. compound; contrapose. deponent,
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... compound; contrapose. deponent, depose, deposit; dispose. expound, expose, exposition. impound; impose; impost, impostor. interposition, juxtaposition. opponent, oppose, opposition; ovipost. pose, position, positive; posture, post (see ...
... compound; contrapose. deponent, depose, deposit; dispose. expound, expose, exposition. impound; impose; impost, impostor. interposition, juxtaposition. opponent, oppose, opposition; ovipost. pose, position, positive; posture, post (see ...
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