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Pagina 5
We find instances of words , for example , which begin with a thin consonant in
Greek or Latin or both , and the same word is found in English or its cognate
dialects beginning with an aspirate . Thus , if the Latin or Greek word begins with
P ...
We find instances of words , for example , which begin with a thin consonant in
Greek or Latin or both , and the same word is found in English or its cognate
dialects beginning with an aspirate . Thus , if the Latin or Greek word begins with
P ...
Pagina 6
If the Greek or Latin has the medial , the English should have the thin : that is to
say , a Classic A or D should correspond to our English T . So it does in dákpu ,
and tear : dúo , duo , and two : déka ; decem , and ten : déuw , domus , and
timbran ...
If the Greek or Latin has the medial , the English should have the thin : that is to
say , a Classic A or D should correspond to our English T . So it does in dákpu ,
and tear : dúo , duo , and two : déka ; decem , and ten : déuw , domus , and
timbran ...
Pagina 18
And hence we find that of the words which the Saxons learnt from the Britons ,
some are undoubted Latin , others are doubtful whether they should be called
Latin or Keltic . Of the first class are those elements of local nomenclature , -
chester ...
And hence we find that of the words which the Saxons learnt from the Britons ,
some are undoubted Latin , others are doubtful whether they should be called
Latin or Keltic . Of the first class are those elements of local nomenclature , -
chester ...
Pagina 19
Port , a word derived from the Latin porta , a gate , signified in Saxon times just ' a
town , a market - town : ' this is the sense of it in such a compound as Newport
Pagnell . Wall , Saxon WEALL , is through the same filtered process a
descendant ...
Port , a word derived from the Latin porta , a gate , signified in Saxon times just ' a
town , a market - town : ' this is the sense of it in such a compound as Newport
Pagnell . Wall , Saxon WEALL , is through the same filtered process a
descendant ...
Pagina 20
The first syllable in Winchester appears , through the Latin form of Venta , to have
been the same as the Welsh gwent , a plain or open country . The first syllable in
Manchester is probably the old Keltic man , place ; just as it probably is ...
The first syllable in Winchester appears , through the Latin form of Venta , to have
been the same as the Welsh gwent , a plain or open country . The first syllable in
Manchester is probably the old Keltic man , place ; just as it probably is ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Edizione | 3 |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1880 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Harvard University |
| Digitalizzato | 6 feb 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 700 pagine |
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