Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... seems to be suggested also in hobby ( so spelt by Turner , but as hobbie by Aldrovandus in 1599 ) , if , as is probable , French had from Low German first hobet and later hobereau for the name of the little falcon , through the verb ...
... seems to be suggested also in hobby ( so spelt by Turner , but as hobbie by Aldrovandus in 1599 ) , if , as is probable , French had from Low German first hobet and later hobereau for the name of the little falcon , through the verb ...
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... seems to stand for the sound of sharpness . Is this due to association with the many words beginning with the syllable ac ? Or to the cutting exactness of the k sound ? If so , was it also used in language - families other than that of ...
... seems to stand for the sound of sharpness . Is this due to association with the many words beginning with the syllable ac ? Or to the cutting exactness of the k sound ? If so , was it also used in language - families other than that of ...
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... seems to combine the sense of ' clear and peace- ful ' with that of its first meaning of serus , ' late ' , still attached to it . It is almost the line , ' It was a beauteous evening , calm and free ' , compressed into one word . * As ...
... seems to combine the sense of ' clear and peace- ful ' with that of its first meaning of serus , ' late ' , still attached to it . It is almost the line , ' It was a beauteous evening , calm and free ' , compressed into one word . * As ...
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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