| 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: | leis-1 |
| DEFINITION: | Track, furrow. 1. O-grade form *lois-. a. last3, from Old English l st, l st, sole, footprint, from Germanic *laist-; b. last2, from Old English lstan, to continue, from Germanic *laistjan, “to follow a track”; c. suffixed form *lois--. lore1, from Old English lr, learning, from Germanic *laiz . 2. learn, from Old English leornian, to learn, from Germanic zero-grade form *liznn, “to follow a course (of study).” 3. Suffixed full-grade form *leis--. delirium, from Latin l ra, a furrow. (Pokorny leis- 671.) |
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