Etymological Dictionary. Antique roots in Russian. Ilyakhov A.G.

The dictionary explains the meaning and reveals the origin of the words of the Russian language with ancient roots. Compared to a number of encyclopedic publications and etymological reference books of recent years, he demonstrates a new, largely unusual approach to this vocabulary, which is of a keen interest for a modern reader. The author attracts extensive material from the field of history, mythology, medicine, psychology, culture, religion, life of ancient Greece and Rome. The application “characters of ancient Greek and ancient Roman mythology, names related to ancient history, culture and religion” includes words that do not have Greek or Roman etymology, but closely related to ancient culture. The index of historical names significantly increases the information value of the publication.

The book is addressed to students, Humanitarians, historians, philologists, lawyers, as well as everyone who wants to reveal the amazing world of Russian words with ancient etymology.