The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of EnglishKyle Cathie, 1999 - 269 pages "Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day green movement, with a nod towards the invention of playing cards, the California Gold Rush and the first recorded blizzard along the way, The Chronology of Words and Phrases links hundreds of words and phrases with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life. A words book for historians and a history book for wordsmiths, it will have pride of place in any book lover's collection." --Book Jacket. |
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... verb to drape , which appeared in the fifteenth century , was a borrowing of Old French draper , ' to weave woollen cloth ' . Its modern meaning appears to have been influenced by drapery ( from Old French draperie ) . In the fifteenth ...
... verb to drape , which appeared in the fifteenth century , was a borrowing of Old French draper , ' to weave woollen cloth ' . Its modern meaning appears to have been influenced by drapery ( from Old French draperie ) . In the fifteenth ...
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... verb retailler , which meant to cut off , being composed of the intensive prefix re- and the verb tailler , ' to cut , to trim ' . Tailler was derived from the unattested Vulgar Latin verb tāliāre , ' to cut ' , a derivation of the ...
... verb retailler , which meant to cut off , being composed of the intensive prefix re- and the verb tailler , ' to cut , to trim ' . Tailler was derived from the unattested Vulgar Latin verb tāliāre , ' to cut ' , a derivation of the ...
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... verb and the noun were borrowed into Middle English in the early fourteenth century , but the verb which Caxton originally used to refer to the printing of books was the related imprint . Caxton's preface to THE GAME AND PLAYE OF THE ...
... verb and the noun were borrowed into Middle English in the early fourteenth century , but the verb which Caxton originally used to refer to the printing of books was the related imprint . Caxton's preface to THE GAME AND PLAYE OF THE ...
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell No preview available - 2001 |
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