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For the consequent expansion of the Word - Index , I have again to record my
hearty thanks as twice before . Some petty changes are for economy of space
and compactness of view . When an English word is mated with a remoter word ...
For the consequent expansion of the Word - Index , I have again to record my
hearty thanks as twice before . Some petty changes are for economy of space
and compactness of view . When an English word is mated with a remoter word ...
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
These , and all such illustrations , may be summarised for convenience sake in
the following mnemonic formula :T AM A M D where the Roman letters of the
Latin word tam placed over the Gothic letters of the German word Amt are
intended to ...
These , and all such illustrations , may be summarised for convenience sake in
the following mnemonic formula :T AM A M D where the Roman letters of the
Latin word tam placed over the Gothic letters of the German word Amt are
intended to ...
Pagina 7
This applies to all Gothic words beginning with P , which are foreigners and not
subject to this law . ... In process of time new principles of word - forming are
admitted , new words and new forms overgrow and supersede the old ; even the
old ...
This applies to all Gothic words beginning with P , which are foreigners and not
subject to this law . ... In process of time new principles of word - forming are
admitted , new words and new forms overgrow and supersede the old ; even the
old ...
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 ...
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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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