The Roots of English: A Reader's Handbook of Word OriginsRobert Claiborne gives readers a short history of the English language to show how most of the words we use today evolved from a single taproot language called Indo-European. This book is a must for all word buffs and language lovers; an intelligent and uniquely accessible examination of our vocabulary by a recognized authority. |
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The Roots of English: A Reader's Handbook of Word Origins Robert Claiborne No preview available - 1989 |
Common terms and phrases
A)PO animal begot bend BHAGO BHEIDH BHERGH-2 BHEU borrowed BRASSIERE Celtic comes Compounds DEIK DEIW DEKM DEM(h DERU DEUK DHE(I Dictionary EGHS English words Etruscan figurative French Gaulish Gc descendants Gc relatives Germanic GHE(N)D GHREDH Gk word Greek hence hold idiomatic Indo-European Indo-European roots intricate KAPUT KERD KERS L word language later Latin literally meant modern sense nally NO-MEN Norse noun OEtD OI-NO Old Norse one's oneself original sense PEKW PENKWE person PET(h PLEK possible relative Proto-Germanic remote Roman S)KER S)MEIT(h S)PEN S)TEU Sanskrit seize shining ship SKEI skin SKRIBH SNER someone sometimes sound speak SPEK spelled split stick STREIG strike TEKS TEU(h things tongue TRAGH TREI turn twist UPER various verb Vulgar Latin WEGH WEID WEKW whence GC whence L whence the GC word meaning WREG