The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 - 672 páginas 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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... usually explicable , are always unpredictable . The endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root significance . To distinguish between a gourmand and a gourmet , one must take the second portion ...
... usually explicable , are always unpredictable . The endings of words must be watched carefully for the changes they make in the root significance . To distinguish between a gourmand and a gourmet , one must take the second portion ...
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... usually turned into English y , as gune , woman , gives us gyne- cology . The Oxford English Dictionary lists hubristic as " irregular for hybristic . " Words beginning with i in Greek or Latin may begin with j or y in English , as ius ...
... usually turned into English y , as gune , woman , gives us gyne- cology . The Oxford English Dictionary lists hubristic as " irregular for hybristic . " Words beginning with i in Greek or Latin may begin with j or y in English , as ius ...
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... usually a quack , that sold it . In Greek the letter gamma , before kappa , chi , khi , or another gamma , was pronounced n : Greek agkura : bent , English angle , anchor ; Greek aggelus : mes- senger , English angel , messenger of the ...
... usually a quack , that sold it . In Greek the letter gamma , before kappa , chi , khi , or another gamma , was pronounced n : Greek agkura : bent , English angle , anchor ; Greek aggelus : mes- senger , English angel , messenger of the ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Vista de fragmentos - 1984 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
Términos y frases comunes
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
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