DICTIONARY OF WORD ORIGINS: Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
by AYTO, John
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- 1559701331
- ISBN 13
- 9781559701334
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Arcade, 1991. 1st American Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/As New. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1991 Arcade large (& heavy) hardcover (olive boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first US edition, no printing given. PROBLEM: DJ shows edge wear top edge and bottom edge spine. Interior clean & tight. CONTENT: An alphabetical listing of some 8000 English words with their histories, this book omits other dictionary features such as pronunciation, part of speech, and, in most cases, definitions. It is interesting to explore the sometimes surprising groups of related words; under doctor , for example, we are referred to 11 other entries, ranging from dainty to paradox . The date of a word's first appearance in the language is indicated by century or by "OE" for Old English. The author is English, so Americans will miss some typically American words such as raccoon, ranch, or stoop (porch).
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- Title
- DICTIONARY OF WORD ORIGINS: Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
- Author
- AYTO, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition Printing Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1559701331
- ISBN 13
- 9781559701334
- Publisher
- Arcade
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- word definitions, word history, Etymology, English language, linguistics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dictionary/Reference;
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