The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 M07 1 - 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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... say Thomas. Shakespeare punned in his title Much Ado About Nothing (pronounced Noting): to carry along the plot, many things ... says: Don Pedro: ... if thou wilt hold longer argument, Do it in notes. Balthasar: Note this before my notes ...
... say Thomas. Shakespeare punned in his title Much Ado About Nothing (pronounced Noting): to carry along the plot, many things ... says: Don Pedro: ... if thou wilt hold longer argument, Do it in notes. Balthasar: Note this before my notes ...
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... say, with ly or acy, Walker gives a not exhaustive yet approximate count. I have used him for this purpose, and may say “JWalker lists...” Methods of word development are discussed in the author's In Praise of English (1977). Those that ...
... say, with ly or acy, Walker gives a not exhaustive yet approximate count. I have used him for this purpose, and may say “JWalker lists...” Methods of word development are discussed in the author's In Praise of English (1977). Those that ...
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... say who list 'em; To weigh it science almost must despair, Its shell would hold our whole dinged solar system, Nor ever know 'twas there ... For after one has had about a week of The arguments of friends as well as foes, A star that has ...
... say who list 'em; To weigh it science almost must despair, Its shell would hold our whole dinged solar system, Nor ever know 'twas there ... For after one has had about a week of The arguments of friends as well as foes, A star that has ...
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... says ultra “has become very prolific in English use,” as ultramicroscopic. ulterior (motive); ultimate, ultimatum. adulterer, adultery. adulterate: to change to something other. Johnson's Dictionary quotes The Spectator: “The present ...
... says ultra “has become very prolific in English use,” as ultramicroscopic. ulterior (motive); ultimate, ultimatum. adulterer, adultery. adulterate: to change to something other. Johnson's Dictionary quotes The Spectator: “The present ...
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... says “tickly-kittly.” Langland, in Piers Plowman (1362), describes a woman “tikel of her tayl ... common to knaves and all.” To tickle was early used for what was later called petting and necking; to kittle meant to rouse, also to give ...
... says “tickly-kittly.” Langland, in Piers Plowman (1362), describes a woman “tikel of her tayl ... common to knaves and all.” To tickle was early used for what was later called petting and necking; to kittle meant to rouse, also to give ...
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