The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Etymology--Dictionaries.

English language.

English language--Semantics--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 p.)

Other Title:

Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

Dictionary of word origins

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Helicon, 2006.

Summary:

Authoritative etymologies of thousands of English words, including recently coined terms.

Contents:

The Hutchinson Dictionary of Word Origins

Preface

Table of contents

academy, admiral, aftermath, album, alcohol, amateur, ambition, anatomy, apple, architect, arson, aspirin, attic, avocado, balance, ballot, barbecue, barricade, bassoon, bastard, beach, beer, belfry, belly, bishop, blanket, blatant,

bless, broadcast, broom, bulletin, butterfly, cab, calculate, camera, campaign, canopy, canvas, cartridge, cattle, champion, chocolate, chopsticks, clock, cloud, coconut, comet, companion, corpse, cosmetic, crayfish, crucial, cubicle, culture, cybernetics, date, deadline, dean, decimate, decoy, delight, denim, dessert, deuce, develop, dial, diphtheria, disaster, dome, down, drawer, drawing room, dromedary,

dynamite, eclipse, economy, elbow, elegant, eleven, enormous, ephemeral, etiquette, exotic, experience, express, extravagant, exuberant, fairy, famous, fan, fax, fetish, finance, flak, flamingo, flounder, focus, forbid, furlong, futile, galaxy, gamut, generous, geology, gin, goodbye, goulash, graffiti, grass, gruesome, guillotine, gun, gypsy, hallmark, handicap, hara-kiri, harvest, hectic, hell, hiccup

homage, homosexual, hors d'œuvre, hospital, husband, iconoclast, immediate, imp, imply, impression, inoculate, insect, instrument, insulin, insult, interlude, intransigent, invest, investigate, ivory, jacket, jeans, jeopardy, jockey, journal, jujitsu, jumbo, kennel, kettle, khaki, knickers, lackadaisical, laconic, lager, lair, larva, laser, lavatory, left, lieutenant, litany, love, lunatic, magazine, malaria,

manual, manure, market, mascot, maverick, meander, mentor, million, minute, miracle, miss, mob, mogul, month, naiv̄e, neutral, next, nurse, occult, ocean, ointment, opportunity, orange, ostracize, oxygen, panic, pantry, parable, parachute, paragon, parasite, Passover, patriot, pattern, pavement, pavilion, peculiar, pen, peninsula, perfume, perks, person, philistine, philosophy, piano, pittance, planet, please.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-75107-X

9786610751075

OCLC:

923353752