The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 - 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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... meaning is traced to the prolific root gen , to know . Then there is to con , to swindle : they conned him out of his sweepstakes winnings . This is a shortening of confidence game , in which the confidence man , con man , seeks to win ...
... meaning is traced to the prolific root gen , to know . Then there is to con , to swindle : they conned him out of his sweepstakes winnings . This is a shortening of confidence game , in which the confidence man , con man , seeks to win ...
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... meaning the study of . Gynecology is the ( medical ) study of women . An androgyne is a man with marked ... meaning man , is also found in the name Alexander , meaning protector of men . Philander should mean lover of men ; as a verb ...
... meaning the study of . Gynecology is the ( medical ) study of women . An androgyne is a man with marked ... meaning man , is also found in the name Alexander , meaning protector of men . Philander should mean lover of men ; as a verb ...
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... ( meaning flow ) through Greek and Latin gave English pluvial and plutocracy ; from Germanic flug came flow , flee , flight . The k to kh sound shift appears in Spanish caballo , French cheval , English cavalry and chivalry . ( The two ...
... ( meaning flow ) through Greek and Latin gave English pluvial and plutocracy ; from Germanic flug came flow , flee , flight . The k to kh sound shift appears in Spanish caballo , French cheval , English cavalry and chivalry . ( The two ...
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... meaning a fine point , as in the English punctilio . W. S. Gilbert , for the plot of The Pirates of Penzance , takes ... meanings multiply . It has no Indo - European root , for the object it names did not exist in those roving days ...
... meaning a fine point , as in the English punctilio . W. S. Gilbert , for the plot of The Pirates of Penzance , takes ... meanings multiply . It has no Indo - European root , for the object it names did not exist in those roving days ...
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... meaning pain , as in anguish ; then , from the tiny loose flesh at the edge , it came to be called hangnail . At about the same time ( as discussed below , under " Folk Etymology , " the n sound sometimes shifted between two words : the ...
... meaning pain , as in anguish ; then , from the tiny loose flesh at the edge , it came to be called hangnail . At about the same time ( as discussed below , under " Folk Etymology , " the n sound sometimes shifted between two words : the ...
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ambhi bhag bhel bher bhes bheu bhili bhreg called caput coined columns compounds deik dekm dheigh N dheigh N 13 dhel dheu eghs element ending English folk etymology folkchanged French genus gerbh ghdhem gher goddess Greek guei guel hence ieug imitative jing kapr kel VIII King kleu ksei ksun kuei kuetuer labh Latin leguh leuk literally Love's Labor's Lost meaning medhi morui nebh nekut neuos oino onomen pilo plek pleu prefix relevant words beginning Roman root sek II seku Shakespeare skeu slang smer sner song sound spek sphei ster steu suer suffix tag II tereq teue tragh uegh ueid ueik ueks uelu uer II uerg uiro W. S. Gilbert whence