A Garden of WordsTimes Books, 1992 - 188 pages For language mavens, a lively exploration of the origins and development of 24 flower names, from aster to zinnia. Barnette weaves together the diverse elements that, over the centuries, have formed each word's colorful etymological history. Elegantly designed and illustrated throughout--a charming gift for language buffs and armchair gardeners. |
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... living in a cave - Chrysostom was also renowned for his eloquence , and hence received his name , which means " golden mouth . " ( Greek stoma , or " mouth , " by the way , also inspired the word for the pouch at the end of one's gullet ...
... living in a cave - Chrysostom was also renowned for his eloquence , and hence received his name , which means " golden mouth . " ( Greek stoma , or " mouth , " by the way , also inspired the word for the pouch at the end of one's gullet ...
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Martha Barnette. called argentum vivum , or " living silver . " This expression inspired both the French term for " mer- cury , " vif - argent , and the English synonym quicksil- ver - the quick , in this case , meaning " alive , " as in ...
Martha Barnette. called argentum vivum , or " living silver . " This expression inspired both the French term for " mer- cury , " vif - argent , and the English synonym quicksil- ver - the quick , in this case , meaning " alive , " as in ...
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... living in his terri- tories - reportedly a massacre of some eighty thou- sand people in a single day . Mithridates also was famous for building his im- munity to various poisons by ingesting small amounts of them over a long period — a ...
... living in his terri- tories - reportedly a massacre of some eighty thou- sand people in a single day . Mithridates also was famous for building his im- munity to various poisons by ingesting small amounts of them over a long period — a ...
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Akoniti Amaryllis ancient Greek ancient Greek word Anthurium applied aster bird blossom borrowed botanical color columbine comes from Latin crane daisy dandelion denotes derives descendant Dutch English term English word etymological eventually EXORDIUM flea flower name foot form the name French word GARDEN OF WORDS gave rise genus geranium German word gladiolus glish goddess gray Greek myth Hyacinth HYDRANGEA idea Indo-European root inspired the name iris Italian known languages Latin lupus Latin word lily literally means loanword loosestrife loup Lupercalia lupine lussa miterwort modern English nasturtium nicknames nose offspring Old English Old French orchid origin palindrome pansy pearl phrase plant Pliny the Elder poppy Professor Latkovski refers reflected resemble Russian S)PEN Sadako Sasaki Sanskrit scholars shines Similarly someone source of English Spanish star Star jelly stem sword synonym tail testicle thought tulip wolf word for rose Zephyrus