The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 01 մրտ, 1984 թ. - 672 էջ 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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... substances that , like am- ber , attract other substances when rubbed . The 1933 OED has 188 words be- ginning electr . The 1972 supplement has 109 more , plus 115 electro- compounds . Gk elekhtron is related to elekhtor : the beaming ...
... substances that , like am- ber , attract other substances when rubbed . The 1933 OED has 188 words be- ginning electr . The 1972 supplement has 109 more , plus 115 electro- compounds . Gk elekhtron is related to elekhtor : the beaming ...
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... compounds ; OED has over two pages of re- lated words , including phossy . One form of Gk phos : light , is phot ... compounds , especially as common salt , NaCl ; see el 11. First isolated in 1744 , but not recog- nized as an element ...
... compounds ; OED has over two pages of re- lated words , including phossy . One form of Gk phos : light , is phot ... compounds , especially as common salt , NaCl ; see el 11. First isolated in 1744 , but not recog- nized as an element ...
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... compounds , only a few of which can be mentioned here . White - presence of all colors - and its compounds occupy 37 columns in OED . To whitewash : figuratively , to clear of charges of misconduct , often without dis- proving them . To ...
... compounds , only a few of which can be mentioned here . White - presence of all colors - and its compounds occupy 37 columns in OED . To whitewash : figuratively , to clear of charges of misconduct , often without dis- proving them . To ...
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