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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... comes the term psychology . Psyche ( breath , soul ) was briefly the mate of the child - god ( not of love , as is commonly said , but of desire ) Greek Eros ( Roman Cupid ) : these names give us material cupidity , the many erogenous ...
... comes the term psychology . Psyche ( breath , soul ) was briefly the mate of the child - god ( not of love , as is commonly said , but of desire ) Greek Eros ( Roman Cupid ) : these names give us material cupidity , the many erogenous ...
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... come into English by way of the Germanic Anglo - Saxon line . In the great body of our vocabulary , however ... comes trailing at twenty- fourth . Apparently we are not especially egotistical . Consonant Shiftings Many of the ...
... come into English by way of the Germanic Anglo - Saxon line . In the great body of our vocabulary , however ... comes trailing at twenty- fourth . Apparently we are not especially egotistical . Consonant Shiftings Many of the ...
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... come to us in words along the Mediterranean route ; the change , via the Germanic movement . Thus the root pleu ( meaning flow ) through Greek and Latin gave English pluvial and plutocracy ; from Germanic flug came flow , flee , flight ...
... come to us in words along the Mediterranean route ; the change , via the Germanic movement . Thus the root pleu ( meaning flow ) through Greek and Latin gave English pluvial and plutocracy ; from Germanic flug came flow , flee , flight ...
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... come into English from various parts of a verb . Latin sto , stare , to stand , present participle stans , stantem ... comes directly into English . But the Germanic form , without the s , applied to prickly plants , became English ...
... come into English from various parts of a verb . Latin sto , stare , to stand , present participle stans , stantem ... comes directly into English . But the Germanic form , without the s , applied to prickly plants , became English ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
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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