Frank Antonson
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Many years ago I was reading a book on the history of technology, and it struck my interest that certain words represented critical steps in technological development e.g. "hammer", "wedge", "lever", "sharp""edge", "pull", "push", "on three...one, two, three".
Does anyone out there know if the etymologies of that particular class of words has been studied independently? Whether the root word were a noun, verb, or adjective probably would not matter that much, e.g. "I will use a hammer to hammer it like a hammer stone."
Does anyone out there know if the etymologies of that particular class of words has been studied independently? Whether the root word were a noun, verb, or adjective probably would not matter that much, e.g. "I will use a hammer to hammer it like a hammer stone."