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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... prefix un , indicating reversal ( not the negative un , for which see ne ) , as unearth , unlock , unloose , undo . end first meant opposite the beginning , as in a polarity ; positive vs. negative ; black vs. white ; blessed vs. damned ...
... prefix un , indicating reversal ( not the negative un , for which see ne ) , as unearth , unlock , unloose , undo . end first meant opposite the beginning , as in a polarity ; positive vs. negative ; black vs. white ; blessed vs. damned ...
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... Prefix Amount Symbol Prefix deca 101 Amount Symbol da 10 ° = 1 hecto 102 deci 10-1 d h kilo 103 centi 10-2 k C mega 106 milli 10-3 M m giga 109 micro 10-6 G น nano 10-9 n Prefix Amount Symbol tera 1012 T peta 1015 P exa me IV 234.
... Prefix Amount Symbol Prefix deca 101 Amount Symbol da 10 ° = 1 hecto 102 deci 10-1 d h kilo 103 centi 10-2 k C mega 106 milli 10-3 M m giga 109 micro 10-6 G น nano 10-9 n Prefix Amount Symbol tera 1012 T peta 1015 P exa me IV 234.
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... prefix ; see en . fracas is from infra and It cassare : break . Gc , under also is a live prefix , as in underestimate , undergraduate , underdone , undercover man , undertaker , underwriter ; it takes up 117 columns in OED . Avoid ...
... prefix ; see en . fracas is from infra and It cassare : break . Gc , under also is a live prefix , as in underestimate , undergraduate , underdone , undercover man , undertaker , underwriter ; it takes up 117 columns in OED . Avoid ...
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