ENGLISH

The secret life of words: how English became English

By Henry , Hitchings

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
9781429941570, 9780374254100, 0374254109, 142994157X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
504 kB (515729 bytes)
Edition
First Picador edition
Pages
440 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
English language--Etymology;English language--Lexi

Description

Examines the origins of the English language, and traces history back to understand how it adopted words from more than three hundred and fifty other languages, the secrets behind everyday words and expressions, and other related topics.;Ensemble -- Invade -- Saffron -- Volume -- Bravado -- Genius -- Powwow -- Bonsai -- Onslaught -- Connoisseur -- Teapot -- Blizzard -- Ethos -- Voodoo -- Angst -- Shabash. Ensemble -- Invade -- Saffron -- Volume -- Bravado -- Genius -- Powwow -- Bonsai -- Onslaught -- Connoisseur -- Teapot -- Blizzard -- Ethos -- Voodoo -- Angst -- Shabash.

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