An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (Classic Reprint)

Francis Edward Jackson Valpy

ISBN 10: 028249720X / ISBN 13: 9780282497200

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2017

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Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

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• Titel: An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (Classic Reprint)
• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 028249720X
• ISBN-13: 9780282497200
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Hervorragend
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This book is an indispensable resource for tracing the origins of Latin words through an etymology analysis that reveals their evolution from Greek. The author takes a close look at cognates in other languages, with a particular focus on Germanic and Oriental connections, offering insights into the development of even the most common everyday Latin words. This book offers a unique perspective on the relationship between Latin and other languages, revealing the rich tapestry of influences that have shaped its vocabulary.

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Excerpt from An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language

One word in regard to the Hebrew. Mr. Horne Tooke thus expresses his objection to the derivation of Latin from that lan guage. It is a most erroneous practice, he says, of the Latin Etymologists to fly to the Hebrew for whatever they cannot find in the Greek -for the Romans were not a mixed colony of Greeks and Jews, but of Greeks and Goths, as the whole of the Latin language most plainly evinces. This seems a reasonable proposition -yet I have not omitted to indulge the fancy of those who are not persuaded by it.

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