Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... borrowed from Latin , or from Latin through French : e.g. relativ , rollen ( F. rouler , from L. rotula , ' a wheel ' ) . One of the two exceptions is Rülps , with the verbal form rülpsen , ' to belch ' : the other is Ralle , ' a ...
... borrowed from Latin , or from Latin through French : e.g. relativ , rollen ( F. rouler , from L. rotula , ' a wheel ' ) . One of the two exceptions is Rülps , with the verbal form rülpsen , ' to belch ' : the other is Ralle , ' a ...
الصفحة 221
... borrowed it from Latin , Modern English has produced ' partner ' . By yet one more process of cross - fertilization , French has used our ' partner ' to produce partenaire – a re - importation of an export . In English natural history ...
... borrowed it from Latin , Modern English has produced ' partner ' . By yet one more process of cross - fertilization , French has used our ' partner ' to produce partenaire – a re - importation of an export . In English natural history ...
الصفحة 293
... borrowed from , and lent to , a variety of languages ; but they bear the marks of much handling ; they are particularly tied up with folklore , and therefore very often with folk - etymology . Sometimes the secret remains indecipherable ...
... borrowed from , and lent to , a variety of languages ; but they bear the marks of much handling ; they are particularly tied up with folklore , and therefore very often with folk - etymology . Sometimes the secret remains indecipherable ...
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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