The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsThere 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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... Roman words with their goods , their weapons , and their faith . Readers familiar with the Bible will remember the three sons of Noah , whose descendants spread through the known world . From Shem came the Semites , Arabs and Jews . The ...
... Roman words with their goods , their weapons , and their faith . Readers familiar with the Bible will remember the three sons of Noah , whose descendants spread through the known world . From Shem came the Semites , Arabs and Jews . The ...
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... ( Roman Mercury ) was the patron god of both merchants and thieves ; hence such words as mercurial and the slippery metal mercury ; hermetic is from Hermes Trismegis- tus ( thrice greatest ) , a name applied to the Egyptian god of ...
... ( Roman Mercury ) was the patron god of both merchants and thieves ; hence such words as mercurial and the slippery metal mercury ; hermetic is from Hermes Trismegis- tus ( thrice greatest ) , a name applied to the Egyptian god of ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
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