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• Sanskrit
  ...skrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil which have already been given the classical-language status.'' and one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and [[Buddha|Budd ...age]], and one of the earliest attested members of the [[Indo-European]] [[language]] family.
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• Latin
  ...nglish, which has lost the ancient noun-case system inherited from [[Proto-Indo-European]] except in pronouns, although in prose the Romans tended to favor a SOV wo Although now generally considered a dead language, of few fluent speakers and no native ones, Latin is still used by the Cath
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• Tone
  Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or A slight majority of the languages in the world are tonal. However, most Indo-European languages, which include the majority of the most widely spoken languages i
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• Hero
  ...the original [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_root proto-Indo-European] [[root]] is unclear. ...rding to the ''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', the Indo-European root is '''''ser''' ''[[meaning]] "to protect". According to Eric Partridge
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• Etymology
  ...tracing it and its cognates to a common [[ancestral]] form in an ancestral language. ...the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages Indo-European] language family.
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• Condemn
  .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language Proto-Indo-European] [[language]] [[origin]] is usually said to be a root dap-, which appears in [[Latin]]
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• Philology
  ...o understand a language, philology seeks to understand the origins of that language, and so it is often defined as "the study of ancient [[writing|text]]s and ...thors, and [[critical theory|critical traditions]] associated with a given language.
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• Barbarism
  ...rian" either described a foreign [[individual]] or [[tribe]] whose first [[language]] was not [[Greek]] or a Greek individual or tribe speaking Greek crudely.
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• Plagiarism
  ...et"), based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_root Indo-European root] *-''plak'', "to weave" (seen for instance in Greek ''plekein'', Bulga ...propriation" and "[[stealing]] and publication" of another [[author]]'s "[[language]], thoughts, ideas, or [[expressions]]" and the [[representation]] of them
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• Plough
  ...ted from Germanic, rather than borrowed (either from another West Germanic language, or from early Scandinavian); however, it is not found at all in Old Englis ...some have argued that these show an inherited Slavonic word ultimately of Indo-European origin); compare also Albanian plug plough. Perhaps compare also Albanian p
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• Deafness
  ...of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ''doof'' and German ''taub'', from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ''tuphlos'' ‘[[blind]].’ ...otal inability to hear. In [[children]] it may affect the development of [[language]] and can cause work related difficulties for adults.
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• Words
  A '''word''' is a unit of [[language]] that represents a [[concepts|concept]] which can be expressively [[commun ...m and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create other units of language such as phrases, clauses, and sentences. A word consisting of two or more s
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• Womanhood
  ...] or age. This is the old usage of "Man" in English. It derives from Proto-Indo-European *mánu- 'man, human', cognate to [[Sanskrit]] manu, Old Church Slavonic mǫ
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• English
  ...ages. Germanic, in turn, is a branch of the [[Indo-European]] family of [[language]]s. Subsequent to the establishment of English in "Englalond" (i.e., the la *ca. 3000 B.C. (or 6000 B.C?) Proto-Indo-European spoken in Baltic area.(or Anatolia?)
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• Philistine
  ...s been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]). The name "[[Palestine]]" comes, via [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]], from the Philistines; see [[History of Palestine]].
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• Forest
  ...Proto-Germanic *furχísa-, *furχíþja- "a fir-wood, coniferous forest", from Indo-European *perkwu- "a coniferous or mountain forest, wooded height". Uses of the wor ...2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] and were not borrowed from another [[language]]. Some now reserve the term woodland for an area with more open space betw
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• Gender
  ...d', 'type', or 'sort'. They derive ultimately from a widely attested Proto-Indo-European root ''g^en-'', [https://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=leiden&morpho=0&basename=\data\ie\pokorny&firs
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• Human
  ...ns have a highly developed [[brain]], capable of abstract [[reasoning]], [[language]], [[inner life|introspection]], and problem solving. This mental capabilit ...ermanic *mannaz, from a Proto-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo_european Indo-European](PIE) root *man-, cognate to [[Sanskrit]] manu-.
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• Celt
  ...used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language. (Celtic Culture : A Historical Encyclopedia ISBN 978-1851094400) The term The earliest direct attestation of a Celtic language are the [[Lepontic]] inscriptions, beginning from the 6th century BC. Conti
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• Sincerity
  ...erican Heritage Dictionary[5], the Latin word sincerus is derived from the Indo-European root *sm̥kēros, itself derived from the zero-grade of *sem (one) and the ...Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, though Brown attributes it to the Spanish [[language]], not [[Latin]].
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