Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... become more and more closely associated with the domestic fowl , as ornis had become among the Athenians a millen- nium and a half earlier . As Scott reminded the readers of Ivanhoe , it was the part of the conquered Saxons to tend the ...
... become more and more closely associated with the domestic fowl , as ornis had become among the Athenians a millen- nium and a half earlier . As Scott reminded the readers of Ivanhoe , it was the part of the conquered Saxons to tend the ...
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... become the first perfectly expressive language in the world's history , made direct use of the root in deiknumi , ' I show ' . The Sanskrit cognate disati , like the Germanic and the Hittite equivalents , has this meaning of ...
... become the first perfectly expressive language in the world's history , made direct use of the root in deiknumi , ' I show ' . The Sanskrit cognate disati , like the Germanic and the Hittite equivalents , has this meaning of ...
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... become marooned and form groups cut off from the main stock and create a Galápagos Island situation in which the divergent evolution is hastened . St Kilda produced not only its own wren and its own field - mouse , but , numbering the ...
... become marooned and form groups cut off from the main stock and create a Galápagos Island situation in which the divergent evolution is hastened . St Kilda produced not only its own wren and its own field - mouse , but , numbering the ...
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16th century adjective ancient animal appears Arabic Aryans became Bible bird bird-names bird's borrowed Britain British called Celtic chaffinch Chapter Chaucer chough cock cognate colour common connected corruption crane denote derived dialect Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dotterel duck Dutch earlier early England English epithet equivalent etymology fact folk-etymology French genus Germanic languages gives Greek habit heron horse human imitative implies Indo-European instance Italian language lapwing lark Late Latin later Linnaeus Low German Max Müller meaning meant mediaeval Middle Dutch Middle English Natural History nature-words Norse older onomatopoetic origin Parlement of Foules perhaps place-names plant primitive probably provincial name reference represents Roman root Sanskrit Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen sense Shakespeare sound Spanish species speech spelling spelt stem suggest swan Swedish syllable tongue traced tree Turner verb Welsh whence whimbrel wild Willughby woodpecker word wren yellow