Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... beginning and ending with a liquid . ( A Latin word beginning rel- is invariably a compound of re- and some other word ; so that in such a word the l starts the second syllable . ) Apart from the proper name Ralla , Latin had only two ...
... beginning and ending with a liquid . ( A Latin word beginning rel- is invariably a compound of re- and some other word ; so that in such a word the l starts the second syllable . ) Apart from the proper name Ralla , Latin had only two ...
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... beginning with the gr which gives us the first sound of grudge , grouse , gruff , and gruesome ; or those which start with the gl so apposite for glue , glebe , and the stickiness of the cognate ' clay ' . ( Cf. Thoreau on Owls ...
... beginning with the gr which gives us the first sound of grudge , grouse , gruff , and gruesome ; or those which start with the gl so apposite for glue , glebe , and the stickiness of the cognate ' clay ' . ( Cf. Thoreau on Owls ...
الصفحة 260
... beginnings of Language , or even of the beginnings of the word - making by our Aryan ancestors . We know that the early Aryans had a word for ' name ' which became the O.E. nama , Icelandic namn , Gothic namo , Latin nōmen , Greek onoma ...
... beginnings of Language , or even of the beginnings of the word - making by our Aryan ancestors . We know that the early Aryans had a word for ' name ' which became the O.E. nama , Icelandic namn , Gothic namo , Latin nōmen , Greek onoma ...
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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