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The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

Watkins, Calvert

Paperback

Dictionaries & EncyclopediasEtymologyLinguistics

ISBN10: 054754944X
ISBN13: 9780547549446
Publisher: Collins Reference
Published: Sep 13 2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots traces over 13,000 words, representing nearly 1,350 basic roots, to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English. The dictionary includes an introductory essay by Dr. Calvert Watkins, explaining how it is possible to reconstruct the words of an ancient and unwritten language and describing what scholars have discovered about Proto-Indo-European culture. Interspersed throughout the body of the dictionary are Language and Culture notes that provide more detailed information on particularly interesting roots and the vocabulary derived from them. The Dictionary of Indo-European Roots is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place within the Indo-European language family.

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