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What's in a word? : etymological gossip about some interesting English words / Robert Gorrell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorrell, Robert M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Etymology.
- English language.
- English language--Foreign elements.
- English language--Foreign words and phrases.
- Physical Description:
- 226 pages ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- What is in a word?
- Place of Publication:
- Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Language expert Robert Gorrell explores the history of favorite and fun words in this delightful collection of stories about words and the ways in which they became part of the English language.
- Contents:
- Roots from Rome
- Adapting Latin
- The Greeks had a word
- Borrowing around the world
- Gods and legends
- Proper nouns to common
- Lore, history, gossip, mistakes
- Compounding and affixes
- Semantic change
- Coinages and spontaneous combustion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0874173671
- OCLC:
- 45002064
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