| 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: | (s)teg- |
| DEFINITION: | To cover.
Derivatives include thatch, thug, and detect.
I. O-grade form *tog-. 1a. thatch, from Old English theccan, to cover; b. deck2, from Middle Dutch decken, to cover; c. deckle, from Old High German decchen, to cover. a–c all from Germanic *thakjan. 2a. thatch, from Old English thæc, thatch; b. deck1, from Middle Dutch dec, decke, roof, covering. Both a and b from Germanic *thakam. 3. Suffixed form *tog- -, covering. toga, from Latin toga, toga. 4. Possibly Sanskrit sthagayati, he covers: thug.
II. Basic form *steg-. stegodon, from Greek stegein, to cover.
III. Basic form *teg-. tectrix, tectum, tegmen, tegmentum, tegular, tegument, tile, tuille; detect, integument, obtect, protect, from Latin tegere, to cover, and t gula, tile (with lengthened-grade root). (Pokorny 1. (s)teg- 1013.) |
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