Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... example of this neck in the portraits of Dr Johnson , who suffered from this , the ' King's Evil ' , and was touched for it by Queen Anne . It is typical of mediaeval pharmacy that our English name for a familiar species of Scrophularia ...
... example of this neck in the portraits of Dr Johnson , who suffered from this , the ' King's Evil ' , and was touched for it by Queen Anne . It is typical of mediaeval pharmacy that our English name for a familiar species of Scrophularia ...
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... example as ' alms ' , which we pronounce as a monosyllable after its journey from the land of the Hellenes , where it was six - syllabled . The Greek eleemosunē , ' pity ' , passed through Late Latin to the O.F. almosne , then into M.E. ...
... example as ' alms ' , which we pronounce as a monosyllable after its journey from the land of the Hellenes , where it was six - syllabled . The Greek eleemosunē , ' pity ' , passed through Late Latin to the O.F. almosne , then into M.E. ...
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... example of an unnecessary syllable may be seen in the 16th century addition of the F. tour to the O.E. neap , ' a turnip ' . Tour rubs in the gratuitous information that a turnip is round . In Scotland these vegetables are usually ...
... example of an unnecessary syllable may be seen in the 16th century addition of the F. tour to the O.E. neap , ' a turnip ' . Tour rubs in the gratuitous information that a turnip is round . In Scotland these vegetables are usually ...
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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