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Word origins: the hidden histories of English words from A to Z

By John , Ayto

Book information

Publisher
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
ISBN
0713674989, 9780713674989, 9781408101605, 9781849722827, 184972282X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28291000 bytes)
Edition
2nd ed
Pages
(6998 entries) : 9 images, digital files\577
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
English language--Etymology;Dictionaries;Electroni

Description

The purpose of this book is to uncover the often surprising connections between elements of the English lexicon that have become obscured by centuries of language change - the links in our word-web that join such unlikely partners as, for instance, beef and cow, bacteria and imbecile, and bishop and spy.

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