The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1.03.1984 г. - 672 страници 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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... element , it is widespread in compounds ; OED has over two pages of re- lated words , including phossy . One form of Gk phos : light , is phot , from which five more OED pages of photographical words . photuris is the common glow- worm ...
... element , it is widespread in compounds ; OED has over two pages of re- lated words , including phossy . One form of Gk phos : light , is phot , from which five more OED pages of photographical words . photuris is the common glow- worm ...
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... Elements 90 through 103 , mainly synthetic , are called actinides : children of actinium . actinology is the study of light rays . ( 90 ) thorium ( Th ) . A radioactive element ; earlier called thorinum . Coined in 1828 by Berzelius ...
... Elements 90 through 103 , mainly synthetic , are called actinides : children of actinium . actinology is the study of light rays . ( 90 ) thorium ( Th ) . A radioactive element ; earlier called thorinum . Coined in 1828 by Berzelius ...
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... elements to fit them , three of which were discovered in the next 20 years . Mendelevium was the first element synthesized one atom at a time , from helium - ion bombardment of a minute quantity ( one billion atoms ) of Es 253 ( element ...
... elements to fit them , three of which were discovered in the next 20 years . Mendelevium was the first element synthesized one atom at a time , from helium - ion bombardment of a minute quantity ( one billion atoms ) of Es 253 ( element ...
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