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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... root word . But by their roots ye shall know them . Sir William Jones ( 1745-1794 ) , while a judge in Calcutta , declared : " No phi- lologer can examine the Sanskrit , Greek , and Latin , without believing them to have sprung from ...
... root word . But by their roots ye shall know them . Sir William Jones ( 1745-1794 ) , while a judge in Calcutta , declared : " No phi- lologer can examine the Sanskrit , Greek , and Latin , without believing them to have sprung from ...
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... roots . The number of sounds , and letters to represent them , being limited , we may expect repetition , so that a single root form may have more than one meaning . Few have more than two separate senses ; but the root weik and the root ...
... roots . The number of sounds , and letters to represent them , being limited , we may expect repetition , so that a single root form may have more than one meaning . Few have more than two separate senses ; but the root weik and the root ...
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... root . See rad II . Gk rhiza : root . rhizome . rhizophagous . OED lists 24 and details 11 words beginning rhiz ( o ) . coleorhiza ; mycorrhiza . licorice , liquorice ( Gk ... root of 81 is 3. A digital root is determined by uer V 438.
... root . See rad II . Gk rhiza : root . rhizome . rhizophagous . OED lists 24 and details 11 words beginning rhiz ( o ) . coleorhiza ; mycorrhiza . licorice , liquorice ( Gk ... root of 81 is 3. A digital root is determined by uer V 438.
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