MS COLL/SCOTT DICTIONARY
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Charles P.G. Scott Dictionary of Etymological Terms
Card Files, ca. 1880-1937
43 linear ft. (ca. 120,000 cards in 88 boxes)
Biography: Charles Payson Gurley Scott, 1853-1936 was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Columbia
University between the years 1879-1888. His collection of etymological terms was meant to be
used in a dictionary of American English etymology that was never actually compiled.
Summary: Approximately 120,000 card files on the etymology of various words.
Finding Aids: Contents list, 9 pages
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication
projects.
Restrictions on Use: Shelved Off Site. These boxes will take 1 to 2 business days to retrieve. Please
contact us prior to your arrival to arrange for use.
Permission to publish materials must also be obtained in writing from the Director of the Rare
Books and Manuscripts Library.
Provenance: Gift of Professor Scott's son, 1937.
Processing History: Processed by BRC 12/9/71; BRC/DB 12/1/82
Microfilm Information: No material on microfilm.
Physical Location: OFF-SITE
RLIN ID: NYCR 89-A798
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ARRANGEMENT OF THE CARD FILES
PAGE:
I. ALPHABETICAL FILE
1.1: SEQUENCE 1
1.2: SEQUENCE 2
1.3: SEQUENCE 3
II. PRINTED CITATIONS
III. AFFIXES
IV. LANGUAGES
V. FOREIGN WORDS
VI. ALPHABET LETTERS
VII. SPELLINGS
VIII. ASSUMED SINGULARS
IX. ATTRACTION
X. TOPICS
XI. PHONETICS: SUBDIVIDED
XII. SURNAMES
12.1: SEQUENCE 1
12.2: SEQUENCE 2
12.3: SEQUENCE 3
XIII. FORNAMES
XIV. PROPRIETY NAMES
XV. ON NOMENCLATURE
XVI. MISCELLANEOUS NAMES
XVII. MISCELLANEOUS
XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS, UNARRANGED
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I. ALPHABETICAL FILE
1.1: SEQUENCE 1
BOX
1
A-An horrible
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Amin-Ball(1)
3
Ball(2)-Blizzard
4
Blizzy-Buttwelded
5
Buy-Chauffeur
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Chauffeuse-Coffee(1)
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Coffee(2)-Cosmography
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Cosmo-plastic-Davy Jone's locker
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Dawdle-Dodo
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Doff-Enmilden
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Enmious-Fit
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Fitchhair-Get
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Get on-Hang-on Hang-up
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Hangar-Hybridous
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Hyder-Keen
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Keep-Licious
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Lickdish-Mestizo
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Metacism-Next door
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Nias-Ozonify
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BOX
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P.-Phobus
21
Phoenix-Prestre pages
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Prettily-Railroad system
23
Re-Runes
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Rung-Shipment
25
Shippen-Spitkid
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Spl-Tarantula
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Tar-barrel-Ti-tum-ti-tum-tee
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Tivy tivy tivy-Towser
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Toy-Wizen
1.2: SEQUENCE 2
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Alack-Belfry
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Bell-Chuse
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Cicory-De
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Deadman's eye-Fouche
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Foul-Greyhound (1)
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Greyhound (2)-Horologiater
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Hosen-Mask
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Mastique-Pibble stone
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Pic-Sewn
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Shh-Surprizal
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BOX
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Surpriz'd-ZZZ
1.3: SEQUENCE 3
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A-Z
II. PRINTED CITATIONS
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A-Z
III. AFFIXES
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[Co-]-[-Or]
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[-Ore]-[-y]
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Latin affixes
43
Anglo-Saxon affixes and spelling variations
IV. LANGUAGES
44
Chinese
44
Malayan
45
African
45
Asiatic: Accado-Sumerian-Patritic
46
Asiatic: Puhar-Yap language
46
European and American: Aeolic dialect-North American
46
European and American: Zunitic
47
European and American: South American
V. FOREIGN WORDS
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African
47
Asiatic
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BOX
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North American: General
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North American: Addenda
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North American: Eskimo
49
North American: Mexican
49
North American: West Indian
49
North American Place Names: Absecomb-Owego
50
North American Place Names: Pachaug-Zuni
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Additional Place Names: Abanto-Ischia
51
Additional Place Names: Islam-Zonzonate
51
Additional Place Names: Addenda
51
Additional Place Names: List of Linguistic Schools
52
South American Words: Aapiranga-Tambo
53
South American Words: Tanager-Yutu
VI. ALPHABET LETTERS
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A-Ou (1)
54
Ou (2)-Zz
VII. SPELLINGS
54
Gellie-Magnifick
55
Main-Reconnoitering
56
Reconnoitre-Sowrness
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VIII. ASSUMED SINGULARS
BOX
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A-Z
IX. ATTRACTION
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Aunt-Abbissare
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[c-]-[-a]
X. TOPICS
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Alliteration (1)
57
Back-formation
58
Biblioteek
58
Language
59
Alliteration (2)
59
Weather
59
Anglo-Saxon
60
APTA (sic)
60
Attractions (2)
60
Games
60
Humor
60
Indian Names
60
North American Place Names
60
Phonetics: general
XI. PHONETICS: SUBDIVIDED
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Dumb Stammer
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BOX
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Sounds of nature
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Phonetic Vocabulary
61
Miscellaneous
XII. SURNAMES
12.1: SEQUENCE 1
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Aa-Bramble
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Brand-Crackenthorp
64
Crackbon-Mack
65
Madden-Rowdybush
66
Rowell-Vulpins
67
Waas-Zwingle
12.2: SEQUENCE 2
67
Abruscato-Brayne
68
Breaker-Fanwick
69
Far-Grilparzer
70
Grim-Humphreys
71
Hun-Lepper
72
Lerpoole-Lytton
12.3: SEQUENCE 3
72
Acquaviva-Huddleston
73
Jacurci-Vize
73
Surname Suffixes: [-aker]-[-croft]
74
Surname Suffixes: [-a]-[-yer]
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XIII. FORNAMES
BOX
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Afy-Zeruah
XIV. PROPRIETY NAMES
75
A-Z
XV. ON NOMENCLATURE
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A-Z
XVI. MISCELLANEOUS NAMES
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A-Z
XVII. MISCELLANEOUS
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Devil's Names
77
Suffixes in [i]
78
English with Chinese
78
Japanese
78
Arabic
78
Dutch
78
Webster's
78
Standard English
XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS, UNARRANGED
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