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Dictionary of word origins / John Ayto

By:

Ayto, John

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Arcade Publishing , 2011, c1990Description: 582 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781611450538

Subject(s):

English language -- -Etymology -- -Dictionaries

DDC classification:

REF 422.03 AYT

LOC classification:

BP605.S2 R45 2011

Summary: Containing more than eight thousand entries, this guide to the history of the English language traces word origins from their Indo-European roots and reveals the links between seemingly unrelated words such as "bacteria" and "imbacile."

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Containing more than eight thousand entries, this guide to the history of the English language traces word origins from their Indo-European roots and reveals the links between seemingly unrelated words such as "bacteria" and "imbacile."

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