
Episode 6: Indo-European Words
The History of English Podcast
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The Origins of the Indo European Words
In the original indo european language a word for yoke, which is the wooden beam usually worn by a pair of oxen when they are pulling a plow. In english, sacre, acorn, agriculture, agrarian and agronomy all came from the same original inda european source word. The Indo-europeans also had a word which has come down to us in modern english form as acre. It's the same root word that led to agros in greek. And that word, agros is the basis of the english word agriculture, as well as agronomy and agrarian. So all these words are interconnected. They
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