Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... ground grain ' , and L. molere , ' to grind into meal ' . Provided that we begin with m and end with 1 , we can take the vowels in their due order . In Dutch malen is ' to grind , to whirl ' which gives us maelstrom ; O.E. melu provides ...
... ground grain ' , and L. molere , ' to grind into meal ' . Provided that we begin with m and end with 1 , we can take the vowels in their due order . In Dutch malen is ' to grind , to whirl ' which gives us maelstrom ; O.E. melu provides ...
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... ground - elder . But in mediaeval times , when the names of plants were forming , there were few ' weeds ' which were not credited with the power to cure at least one kind of ailment . Ground - elder is so common because it was ...
... ground - elder . But in mediaeval times , when the names of plants were forming , there were few ' weeds ' which were not credited with the power to cure at least one kind of ailment . Ground - elder is so common because it was ...
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... ground ' , came , through L. and F. , from Gk . khamai , ' on the ground ' + mēlon , ' apple ' . Khamai and leōn gave us chameleon , ' the grounded lion , the dwarf lion ' . There is a kind of pathetic misunderstanding or poetic ...
... ground ' , came , through L. and F. , from Gk . khamai , ' on the ground ' + mēlon , ' apple ' . Khamai and leōn gave us chameleon , ' the grounded lion , the dwarf lion ' . There is a kind of pathetic misunderstanding or poetic ...
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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