Observations Introductory to a Work on English EtymologyJ. Murray, 1818 - 52 頁 |
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... French dialects . The object now in contem- plation is to trace the probable origin of British words , to mark their adventitious changes , and indicate their principal analogies . The utility of etymological enquiries has been disputed ...
... French dialects . The object now in contem- plation is to trace the probable origin of British words , to mark their adventitious changes , and indicate their principal analogies . The utility of etymological enquiries has been disputed ...
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... French , for an English etymon , without pointing further toward a common source ; which is little more satisfactory than ad- ducing some difference of pronunciation at York and in London . It is impossible to conceive , without painful ...
... French , for an English etymon , without pointing further toward a common source ; which is little more satisfactory than ad- ducing some difference of pronunciation at York and in London . It is impossible to conceive , without painful ...
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... French , as escume for spuma ; while in English cod , a husk , is pod ; and our term peep in all the northern dialects is keek , from the Gothic ge auga , to eye . The Gothic or Saxon name for a grass- hopper is lopust , the leaper ...
... French , as escume for spuma ; while in English cod , a husk , is pod ; and our term peep in all the northern dialects is keek , from the Gothic ge auga , to eye . The Gothic or Saxon name for a grass- hopper is lopust , the leaper ...
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... French and English , frequently in the middle of words , pronounce like a vowel . The Portuguese generally introduce R instead of L ; but sometimes they absurdly transpose them in the same word , as milagre for miracle ; while the ...
... French and English , frequently in the middle of words , pronounce like a vowel . The Portuguese generally introduce R instead of L ; but sometimes they absurdly transpose them in the same word , as milagre for miracle ; while the ...
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... French and Italians . Val , in old French , was low , and avalar to abase . The Gauls almost uniformly , at the beginning of words , used G where the Goths had W , as guard , ward ; guile , wile ; guise , wise ; by which Wal and Gal or ...
... French and Italians . Val , in old French , was low , and avalar to abase . The Gauls almost uniformly , at the beginning of words , used G where the Goths had W , as guard , ward ; guile , wile ; guise , wise ; by which Wal and Gal or ...
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