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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... Caesar. (The first Caesarian operation, we are told, was ordered by Numa, first king of Rome, about 700 B.C., some 650 years before Julius Caesar. Caesar's mother was alive when he wrote his account of the Gallic Wars;
... Caesar. (The first Caesarian operation, we are told, was ordered by Numa, first king of Rome, about 700 B.C., some 650 years before Julius Caesar. Caesar's mother was alive when he wrote his account of the Gallic Wars;
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A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. alive when he wrote his account of the Gallic Wars; in ancient times, the operation was performed only on an already dead woman, to try to save her unborn child ...
A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley. alive when he wrote his account of the Gallic Wars; in ancient times, the operation was performed only on an already dead woman, to try to save her unborn child ...
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... wrote it down, to which word to attach the sound. Thus a napron became an apron; the less common napkin and napery were not confused. The venomous snake, a nadder, became an adder; contrariwise, the little salamander, an ewt, became a ...
... wrote it down, to which word to attach the sound. Thus a napron became an apron; the less common napkin and napery were not confused. The venomous snake, a nadder, became an adder; contrariwise, the little salamander, an ewt, became a ...
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... wrote a poem In Praise of Johnny Appleseed. love apple: the tomato, Gm Liebesapfel, Fr pomme d'amour, has had a curious history. A member of the nightshade family, all of which contain poisonous alkaloids, it was taken from its native ...
... wrote a poem In Praise of Johnny Appleseed. love apple: the tomato, Gm Liebesapfel, Fr pomme d'amour, has had a curious history. A member of the nightshade family, all of which contain poisonous alkaloids, it was taken from its native ...
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... wrote the Proverbs, and David wrote the Psalms. —James A. Naylor ak: sharp, sour, pointed; hence top, tip. Gk, acme. acne, from an error, Gk m written as n. acmite. acrobat: first, performing atiptoe. oxygen (see el 8). oxalic. paroxysm ...
... wrote the Proverbs, and David wrote the Psalms. —James A. Naylor ak: sharp, sour, pointed; hence top, tip. Gk, acme. acne, from an error, Gk m written as n. acmite. acrobat: first, performing atiptoe. oxygen (see el 8). oxalic. paroxysm ...
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