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Word origins : -- and how we know them : etymology for everyone / Anatoly Liberman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Liberman, Anatoly.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Etymology.
English language.
Physical Description:
vii, 312 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Summary:
Telling the origins of hundreds of words, this funny, charming, and conversational book takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and indexes.
ISBN:
0195161475
OCLC:
56682439
Publisher Number:
9780195161472

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