The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001/07/01 - 672 ページ 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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... Note that the first con means against, the last means with. Yet these two opposites spring from the one Indo-European root kom, meaning beside. If two things are next to each other, they may be friends or opponents. Thus from kom came ...
... Note that the first con means against, the last means with. Yet these two opposites spring from the one Indo-European root kom, meaning beside. If two things are next to each other, they may be friends or opponents. Thus from kom came ...
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... note; cut, cute. We are told that more than half of all English words end in e, s, t, or d. For d, add the past tense of verbs; and for s, the third person singular present tense of verbs; the plural and the possessive of nouns—and the ...
... note; cut, cute. We are told that more than half of all English words end in e, s, t, or d. For d, add the past tense of verbs; and for s, the third person singular present tense of verbs; the plural and the possessive of nouns—and the ...
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... notes. Balthasar: Note this before my notes; There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting. Don Pedro: Why, these are very crotchets that he speaks—Note, notes, forsooth, and nothing. For fear that the word crotchets will not alert ...
... notes. Balthasar: Note this before my notes; There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting. Don Pedro: Why, these are very crotchets that he speaks—Note, notes, forsooth, and nothing. For fear that the word crotchets will not alert ...
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... note. Within a word, the two letters may be sounded: agnostic, recognize; one is silent at the end, as in benign, but note malignant. German Knabe: boy, with the k sounded, became English knave, with silent k. Greek u is usually turned ...
... note. Within a word, the two letters may be sounded: agnostic, recognize; one is silent at the end, as in benign, but note malignant. German Knabe: boy, with the k sounded, became English knave, with silent k. Greek u is usually turned ...
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... note that l and r are not differentiated.” The Latin suffix alis: pertaining to, Englished in spiritual, punctual, etc., changed to aris when there was an l in the preceding syllable, giving us such words as consular, lunar, regular ...
... note that l and r are not differentiated.” The Latin suffix alis: pertaining to, Englished in spiritual, punctual, etc., changed to aris when there was an l in the preceding syllable, giving us such words as consular, lunar, regular ...
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ancient animal applied associated beauty became bird body called coined color columns comes common compounds Dictionary earlier early earth element ending England English especially figuratively folkchanged four French frequent genus gives Greek hand head hence hold horse human imitative Italy John King known land language later Latin leaves letters light lists literally live Lord mark meaning meant mind nature never Note one’s originally perhaps person pictured plant play Possibly prefix probably referred Roman root says sense Shakespeare shape short shortened song sound speaks stand star suggested term things translation tree turn usually whence woman words beginning wrote young