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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... endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root significance. To distinguish between a gourmand and a gourmet, one must take the second portion. Love turns to hate when Francophile turns to Francophobe.
... endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root significance. To distinguish between a gourmand and a gourmet, one must take the second portion. Love turns to hate when Francophile turns to Francophobe.
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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. portion. Love turns to hate when Francophile turns to Francophobe. Greek phobos means dread, but fear gives birth to hatred. There are too many phobias, but the phil ...
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. portion. Love turns to hate when Francophile turns to Francophobe. Greek phobos means dread, but fear gives birth to hatred. There are too many phobias, but the phil ...
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... 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 that for centuries was the almost exclusive function ...
... 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 that for centuries was the almost exclusive function ...
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... turns out to be smother-love. Under juncture in OED's second supplement, a quotation calls for distinction of nitrate, night rate, and Nye trait. Improper juncture may lead misunderstanding. Simultaneous translators at the UN made “The ...
... turns out to be smother-love. Under juncture in OED's second supplement, a quotation calls for distinction of nitrate, night rate, and Nye trait. Improper juncture may lead misunderstanding. Simultaneous translators at the UN made “The ...
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... turning the corner at Piccadilly Circus, London, to stroll down the avenue; when a shocked elderly woman complained to an officer, he replied: “My beat ends here, Madam,” and walked the other way. The “see-through” material, gauze, is ...
... turning the corner at Piccadilly Circus, London, to stroll down the avenue; when a shocked elderly woman complained to an officer, he replied: “My beat ends here, Madam,” and walked the other way. The “see-through” material, gauze, is ...
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