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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... Prefix anth, as anthesis: a flower's span of life, from bud to fall of seed. OED gives 40 relevant words beginnning anth. anthos; see urod. For anthro: man, as prefix, see nert. Suffix anthous, as monanthous, ananthous. antholysis ...
... Prefix anth, as anthesis: a flower's span of life, from bud to fall of seed. OED gives 40 relevant words beginnning anth. anthos; see urod. For anthro: man, as prefix, see nert. Suffix anthous, as monanthous, ananthous. antholysis ...
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... prefix ant: before, begins many words, as antecedent, antediluvian, anteroom, anterior; antemeridian, A.M. advance, advantage, vanguard. Also ancient, antiquity, antique, antic. Robert Bridges wrote An Ancient to Ancients: Sophocles ...
... prefix ant: before, begins many words, as antecedent, antediluvian, anteroom, anterior; antemeridian, A.M. advance, advantage, vanguard. Also ancient, antiquity, antique, antic. Robert Bridges wrote An Ancient to Ancients: Sophocles ...
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... prefix apo (koluptein: cover), apocalypse: revelation, as to St. John on Patmos. (khruptein: hide), apocrypha. (Gk deiknunai: show; L dicere: tell), apod(e)ictic. (Gk ge: earth), apogee. (plessein: strike), apoplexy. OED has 26 columns ...
... prefix apo (koluptein: cover), apocalypse: revelation, as to St. John on Patmos. (khruptein: hide), apocrypha. (Gk deiknunai: show; L dicere: tell), apod(e)ictic. (Gk ge: earth), apogee. (plessein: strike), apoplexy. OED has 26 columns ...
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... prefix, as in post-Dadaist; post-Watergate. OED lists 99 such words, from postapostolic to postuterine. It then details 118 relevant words, from postabdomen ... postgraduate ... postnuptial ... postprandial... to postzygapophysis. A few ...
... prefix, as in post-Dadaist; post-Watergate. OED lists 99 such words, from postapostolic to postuterine. It then details 118 relevant words, from postabdomen ... postgraduate ... postnuptial ... postprandial... to postzygapophysis. A few ...
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... , ruler. This root produced two sets of words. (1) Related to the beginning of things, early times. With prefixes arch, arch(a)eo, OED lists 25 and details 58 such words, as archaic, archetype, archegonium, archaeology. (2) As chief.
... , ruler. This root produced two sets of words. (1) Related to the beginning of things, early times. With prefixes arch, arch(a)eo, OED lists 25 and details 58 such words, as archaic, archetype, archegonium, archaeology. (2) As chief.
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