The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 01 հլս, 2001 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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... shape. The itis suffix is used to mean enlarged or inflamed: tonsilitis, appendicitis. An atom (Greek a, not; temnein, tom, to cut) is the tiniest item, which cannot be divided—though now we know better. The suffix (o)tomy means to ...
... shape. The itis suffix is used to mean enlarged or inflamed: tonsilitis, appendicitis. An atom (Greek a, not; temnein, tom, to cut) is the tiniest item, which cannot be divided—though now we know better. The suffix (o)tomy means to ...
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... shape of the root-bulb). Phlebotomy is bloodletting, cutting a vein. Physicians and scientists today are seldom expert in the classical languages, and may blunder in their creation of words. In their Dictionary of Psychological and ...
... shape of the root-bulb). Phlebotomy is bloodletting, cutting a vein. Physicians and scientists today are seldom expert in the classical languages, and may blunder in their creation of words. In their Dictionary of Psychological and ...
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... shape language is what is 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 ...
... shape language is what is 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 ...
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... shape, as on the poles of a bed, hilt of a sword, front of a saddle, and, in the 15th c., a woman's breast. pomology. The Roman goddess of fruits was Pomona. There are over 50 more words from this source in OED. Beyond these, “a word ...
... shape, as on the poles of a bed, hilt of a sword, front of a saddle, and, in the 15th c., a woman's breast. pomology. The Roman goddess of fruits was Pomona. There are over 50 more words from this source in OED. Beyond these, “a word ...
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... shape of the leaves. pyracantha. acumen; acute, also shortened to cute. Gc, egg (on); edge; eager, vinegar; ear (of corn). Via OE, hammer. aks: axis. This is a strengthened form of ag: to move, drive. Gk, axon. L, axis, axil: point ...
... shape of the leaves. pyracantha. acumen; acute, also shortened to cute. Gc, egg (on); edge; eager, vinegar; ear (of corn). Via OE, hammer. aks: axis. This is a strengthened form of ag: to move, drive. Gk, axon. L, axis, axil: point ...
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