Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... Somewhere beside or behind this story is the folklore fact that ' mandrakes ' ( the wholesome dudaim ) were considered in the Middle East to be an aphrodisiac . The legend of the plant had long been known in 62 PEDIGREE.
... Somewhere beside or behind this story is the folklore fact that ' mandrakes ' ( the wholesome dudaim ) were considered in the Middle East to be an aphrodisiac . The legend of the plant had long been known in 62 PEDIGREE.
الصفحة 77
... considered stupid , that is trustful , behaviour . In the same way the dotterel was rewarded by ungrateful fowlers with a name taken from the same source as the verb to dote , ' to be foolish ' , with the addition of a double ...
... considered stupid , that is trustful , behaviour . In the same way the dotterel was rewarded by ungrateful fowlers with a name taken from the same source as the verb to dote , ' to be foolish ' , with the addition of a double ...
الصفحة 148
... considered the king of colours , from the day when man became vaguely , then more clearly , aware that a fluid spread over the surface of a solid - or , for the matter of that , a liquid – in some way changed it ; until covering gave ...
... considered the king of colours , from the day when man became vaguely , then more clearly , aware that a fluid spread over the surface of a solid - or , for the matter of that , a liquid – in some way changed it ; until covering gave ...
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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