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Elizabeth O'Neill. Stories That Words Tell Us
Stories That Words Tell Us
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
SOME STORIES OF BRITISH HISTORY TOLD FROM ENGLISH WORDS
CHAPTER II
HOW WE GOT OUR CHRISTIAN NAMES AND SURNAMES
CHAPTER III
STORIES IN THE NAMES OF PLACES
CHAPTER IV
NEW NAMES FOR NEW PLACES
CHAPTER V
STORIES IN OLD LONDON NAMES
CHAPTER VI
WORDS MADE BY GREAT WRITERS
CHAPTER VII
WORDS THE BIBLE HAS GIVEN US
CHAPTER VIII
WORDS FROM THE NAMES OF PEOPLE
CHAPTER IX
WORDS FROM THE NAMES OF ANIMALS
CHAPTER X
WORDS FROM THE NAMES OF PLACES
CHAPTER XI
PICTURES IN WORDS
CHAPTER XII
WORDS FROM NATIONAL CHARACTER
CHAPTER XIII
WORDS MADE BY WAR
CHAPTER XIV
PROVERBS
CHAPTER XV
SLANG
CHAPTER XVI
WORDS WHICH HAVE CHANGED THEIR MEANING
CHAPTER XVII
DIFFERENT WORDS WITH THE SAME MEANING, AND THE SAME WORDS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS
CHAPTER XVIII
NICE WORDS FOR NASTY THINGS
CHAPTER XIX
THE MORAL OF THESE STORIES
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Elizabeth O'Neill
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Sometimes early names were taken from the names of precious stones, as Margarite, a Greek name meaning "pearl," and which is the origin of all the Margarets, Marguerites, etc., to be found in nearly all the languages of Europe.
Among all early peoples many names were religious, like the Hebrew Ishmael, or "heard by God;" Elizabeth, or the "oath of God;" John, or the "grace of the Lord." The Romans had the name Jovianus, which meant "belonging to Jupiter," who was the chief of the gods in whom the Romans believed.
