The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Wedgwood, Dictionary of English etymology (Fragments). CUL-DAR195.4.77. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR195 contains materials for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions (1872) organised roughly as: DAR195.1 blushing. DAR195.2 astonishment, fear. DAR195.3 indignation, rage, screaming, etc. DAR195.4 laughter, frowning, introduction.

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Wedgwood, Dict. of English Etymology Vol I 1859 p 410 ─ says crying as I give "The verb

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How initially the shedding of tears & the [illeg] a crying [illeg] shown by the by the term weeping &

[Expression, p. 164: "With children at a somewhat later age, crying out or wailing from any distress is so regularly accompanied by the shedding of tears, that weeping and crying are synonymous terms.18
18 Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood (Dict. of English Etymology, 1859, vol. i. p. 410) says, 'the verb to weep comes from Anglo-Saxon wop, the primary meaning of which is simply outcry.'"]

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