Gleaning

Picking up on the Etymology

Authors

  • William Sayers Cornell University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28056

Keywords:

terminology, agriculture, rural poor, gleaning, harvest, women's work, semantic change, phonological evolution

Abstract

The author takes issue with the  commonly assumed connection with medieval Latin gelima, Old English gielm, sheaf, is inadmissible.

Author Biography

  • William Sayers, Cornell University

    William Sayers is a former teacher and librarian at Cornell University. His gripping collection of etymological essays, Eatymologies, is published by Prospect Books.

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Published

2021-04-01

Issue

PPC 119 (2021)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Sayers, William. 2021. “Gleaning: Picking up on the Etymology”. Petits Propos Culinaires, April, 120-24. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28056.