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An essay on the origin of language, based on modern researches, and especially on the works of M. Renan

Note 156 — Chapter VI · METAPHOR.

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See Renan, 120 sqq. Theocrit. ii. 18. The French word colère is from χόλος, bile; our word anger, from the root “ang” (ἄγχι, ἀγχονὴ, angle, angina, angustus, &c.) implying compression. The Greek στόμαχος explains itself.

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