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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... shortening of confidence game, in which the confidence man, con man, seeks to win your trust so as to cheat you. Finally—as a separate word—we use con from the Italian, to mean with, especially in musical terms, con brio, con amore, and ...
... shortening of confidence game, in which the confidence man, con man, seeks to win your trust so as to cheat you. Finally—as a separate word—we use con from the Italian, to mean with, especially in musical terms, con brio, con amore, and ...
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... shortening of taxicab, itself a cutting of taximeter cabriolet; in other words, a little (originally two-wheeled) vehicle that bounds like a goat (Capri, island of capering goats), equipped with a device that measures and sets a price ...
... shortening of taxicab, itself a cutting of taximeter cabriolet; in other words, a little (originally two-wheeled) vehicle that bounds like a goat (Capri, island of capering goats), equipped with a device that measures and sets a price ...
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... shortened from the earlier pundigrion, from the Italian punctiglio, meaning a fine point, as in the English punctilio. W. S. Gilbert, for the plot of The Pirates of Penzance, takes advantage of the confusion: nursemaid Ruth apprentices ...
... shortened from the earlier pundigrion, from the Italian punctiglio, meaning a fine point, as in the English punctilio. W. S. Gilbert, for the plot of The Pirates of Penzance, takes advantage of the confusion: nursemaid Ruth apprentices ...
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... shortened to cute. Gc, egg (on); edge; eager, vinegar; ear (of corn). Via OE, hammer. aks: axis. This is a strengthened form of ag: to move, drive. Gk, axon. L, axis, axil: point where branch extends to twig; axilla: point where ...
... shortened to cute. Gc, egg (on); edge; eager, vinegar; ear (of corn). Via OE, hammer. aks: axis. This is a strengthened form of ag: to move, drive. Gk, axon. L, axis, axil: point where branch extends to twig; axilla: point where ...
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... shortened to sport; see per II. Chaucer's frank urinary suggestion was too strong for later ears. Shakespeare's Autolycus, in The Winter's Tale, puts it in what is glossed as “a notable euphemism”: “I shall but look upon the hedge, and ...
... shortened to sport; see per II. Chaucer's frank urinary suggestion was too strong for later ears. Shakespeare's Autolycus, in The Winter's Tale, puts it in what is glossed as “a notable euphemism”: “I shall but look upon the hedge, and ...
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