Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... origin of language cannot stop at the unearthing of roots ; and that those who , though erroneously , believed that the first words were nouns imitating noises were at least endeavouring to get back to the beginnings of language , while ...
... origin of language cannot stop at the unearthing of roots ; and that those who , though erroneously , believed that the first words were nouns imitating noises were at least endeavouring to get back to the beginnings of language , while ...
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... origin from a different root altogether , viz . from the Sanskrit krus . ' Not the least important lesson to be learnt from this careful analysis is that superficial resemblances are often misleading . Too close a resemblance between ...
... origin from a different root altogether , viz . from the Sanskrit krus . ' Not the least important lesson to be learnt from this careful analysis is that superficial resemblances are often misleading . Too close a resemblance between ...
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... Origin unknown ' The older English names of animals and plants are often good words as words , often picturesque , often the end of a succession of names which have never been fully accepted , but which have left their trace behind them ...
... Origin unknown ' The older English names of animals and plants are often good words as words , often picturesque , often the end of a succession of names which have never been fully accepted , but which have left their trace behind them ...
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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