| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | kwei-2 |
| DEFINITION: | To pile up, build, make. O-grade form *kwoi-. a. cheetah, from Sanskrit k ya , body; b. suffixed form *kwoi-wo-, making, in denominative verb *kwoiw-eyo-. poem, poesy, poet, poetic, –poiesis, –poietic; epopee, mythopoeic, onomatopoeia, pharmacopoeia, from Greek poiein, to make, create. (Pokorny 2. k ei- 637.) |
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