Лексикология английского языка

Lecture 5. The Etymology of English Words (part 2)

Exercises

I. Explain the etymology of the following words. Write them out in three columns: a) fully assimilated words; b) partially assimilated words; c) unassimilated words. Ex­plain the reasons for your choice in each case.

Pen, hors d'oeuvre, ballet, beet, butter, skin, take, cup, police, distance, monk, garage, phenomenon, wine, large, justice, lesson, criterion, nice, coup d'etat, sequence, gay, port, river, loose, autumn, low, uncle, law, convenient, lunar, experiment, skirt, bish­op, regime, eau-de-Cologne.

II. Classify the following borrowings according to the sphere of human activity they represent. What type of bor­rowings are these?

Television, progress, football, grapefruit, drama, philosophy, rugby, sputnik, tragedy, coca-cola, biolo gy, medicine, atom, primadonna, ballet, cricket, hock­ey, chocolate, communism, democracy.