The Concise Dictionary of English EtymologyWordsworth Editions, 1993 - 633 pages Walter Skeat (1835-1912) was one of the greatest investigators of the roots of the English language, and his remarkable scholarship was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English Literature. His astonishing detective work into the origins and development of the world's most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility and richness. |
Table des matières
CONCISE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LAN | 350 |
CORRECTIONS AND NOTES | 578 |
SUPPLEMENT | 613 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
allied to A. S. Allied to Icel Allied to Skt Arab Aryan base beat belonging bend bird blow borrowed Bret called cloth cognate Coined confused Corn corruption Cotgrave crude form derived dial Dict Diez dimin double dimin F.-Teut facere fish Florio formed with suffix Formerly French frequent Gael Goth hence Hexham horse Icel imitative Irish Irish and Gael Ital Ital.-L kind later Lith Lithuan Littré Low G Low L Low Latin Lowl means neut Norw Norweg orig Perhaps allied Pers piece plant Port prefix prep Prob prov root round Russ Scand sense shew shine ship short sing sound Span spelling spelt stem of pres strike strong verb suffix super Swed Teut tree turn twist vowel-change weak verb weakened form whence wood word