Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... provides such an obvious means of recognition that it is not surprising that a large number of English names of comparatively recent invention make use of some adjective of colour . White is reinforced by snowy and ivory ; black by ...
... provides such an obvious means of recognition that it is not surprising that a large number of English names of comparatively recent invention make use of some adjective of colour . White is reinforced by snowy and ivory ; black by ...
الصفحة 157
... provides the epithet for the citril finch , and , through French , that for the citrine wagtail . It is difficult to dismiss this attempt to solve the problem in view of the colour of the serin's plumage ; for , though not so bright as ...
... provides the epithet for the citril finch , and , through French , that for the citrine wagtail . It is difficult to dismiss this attempt to solve the problem in view of the colour of the serin's plumage ; for , though not so bright as ...
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... provides us with many words , most of them describing the young : e.g. L. puer ( whence our puerile ) and puella , respectively ' boy ' and ' girl ' ; puerpera , a woman in childbirth ( whence our puerperal fever ) ; pupa , puppy ...
... provides us with many words , most of them describing the young : e.g. L. puer ( whence our puerile ) and puella , respectively ' boy ' and ' girl ' ; puerpera , a woman in childbirth ( whence our puerperal fever ) ; pupa , puppy ...
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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