books tagged “etymology”

English

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  The Adventure of English: The Biography of Language
  by Melvyn Bragg
  Softcover, Little Brown & Co, ISBN 1559707844 (1-55970-784-4)

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  • The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language: Hardcover, Arcade Publishing, Incorporated, ISBN 1559707100 (1-55970-710-0)
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  The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
  by Calvert Watkins
  Softcover, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0618082506 (0-618-08250-6)

  More editions of The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots:

  • The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots: Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0395360706 (0-395-36070-6)
  • The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots: Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0395378885 (0-395-37888-5)
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  Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins
  by Ayto
  Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, ISBN 0747507414 (0-7475-0741-4)
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  Brewer's Dictionary
  by I. Evans
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited, ISBN 0062700774 (0-06-270077-4)
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  Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
  by N
  Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub, ISBN 1579124909 (1-57912-490-9)

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  • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable: Hardcover, Harper & Row, ISBN 006010466X (0-06-010466-X)
  • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable: Hardcover, Cassel, ISBN 0304935700 (0-304-93570-0)
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  Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  by Ebenezer C. Brewer, Ivor H. Evans
  Hardcover, Cassell P L C, ISBN 0304307068 (0-304-30706-8)
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  Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  by Adrian Room, John Ayto
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited, ISBN 006019653X (0-06-019653-X)
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  Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  by Ivor H. Evans, Adrian Room
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0062701339 (0-06-270133-9)

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  • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Hardcover, Harper & Row, ISBN 0060162007 (0-06-016200-7)
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  Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Seventeenth Edition
  by John Ayto
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited, ISBN 0061121207 (0-06-112120-7)
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  Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
  by Bill Bryson
  Softcover, Broadway Books, ISBN 0767910435 (0-7679-1043-5)

  More editions of Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right:

  • Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right: Hardcover, Broadway Books, ISBN 0767910427 (0-7679-1042-7)
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  Chambers Dictionary of Etymology: The Origins and Development of over 25,000 English Words
  by Robert K. Barnhart, Sol Steinmetz
  Hardcover, Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited., ISBN 0550142304 (0-550-14230-4)
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  Chinese Characters
  by L. Wieger
  Hardcover, Paragon Book Gallery Ltd, ISBN 0818800941 (0-8188-0094-1)
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  The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary Vol. III: A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary
  by Robert W. Burchfield
  Hardcover, Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN 0198612117 (0-19-861211-7)
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  The Compact Oxford English Dictionary
  by Robert W. Burchfield
  Hardcover, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198612125 (0-19-861212-5)
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  The Compact Oxford English Dictionary in Slipcase with Reading Glass
  by Edmund S. Weiner, John Simpson
  Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198612583 (0-19-861258-3)
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  Concise Dictionary of English Entymology
  by Walter W. Skeat
  Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited, ISBN 1853263117 (1-85326-311-7)

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  • The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology: Softcover, Diane Pub Co, ISBN 0788191616 (0-7881-9161-6)
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  Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
  by Walter W. Skeat
  Hardcover, Cosimo Inc, ISBN 1596050926 (1-59605-092-6)

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  • Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, ISBN 0399500499 (0-399-50049-9)
  • Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198631057 (0-19-863105-7)
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  The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
  by T.F. Hoad
  Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr, ISBN 0192830988 (0-19-283098-8)

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  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology: Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 019861182X (0-19-861182-X)
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  Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  by E. C. Brewer
  Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited, ISBN 1853263001 (1-85326-300-1)

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  • The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing, ISBN 0517259214 (0-517-25921-4)
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  Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal I
  by Carl D. Buck
  Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr, ISBN 0226079325 (0-226-07932-5)
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  A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
  by Carl D. Buck
  Softcover, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0226079376 (0-226-07937-6)
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  Dictionary of Word Origins
  by John Ayto
  Softcover, Arcade Pub, ISBN 1559702141 (1-55970-214-1)

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  • Dictionary of Word Origins: Hardcover, Arcade Pub, ISBN 1559701331 (1-55970-133-1)
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  Dictionary Of Word Origins
  by Roger Flavell, Linda Flavell
  Softcover, Trafalgar Square, ISBN 1856262146 (1-85626-214-6)
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  Dictionary of Word Origins
  by Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell
  Softcover, Five Mile Press Pty. Limited, The, ISBN 1856263711 (1-85626-371-1)

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  • Dictionary of Word Origins: Softcover, Cathie Limited, Kyle, ISBN 1856265641 (1-85626-564-1)
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  Dictionary of Word Origins
  by Joseph Shipley
  Hardcover, Allied Books Ltd, ISBN 0802215572 (0-8022-1557-2)

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  • Dictionary of Word Origins: Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, ISBN 0837119669 (0-8371-1966-9)
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  Educational Equality & Excellence: Perceptual Barriers to the Dream
  by Cornell Thomas
  Softcover, Nellnetta, ISBN 0965478602 (0-9654786-0-2)
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  Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher
  by Lewis Thomas
  Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, ISBN 0140158758 (0-14-015875-8)
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  Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher
  by Lewis Thomas
  Softcover, Welcome Rain, ISBN 1566491665 (1-56649-166-5)
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  Etcetera Etcetera
  by Lewis Thomas
  Hardcover, Little Brown & Company, ISBN 0316840998 (0-316-84099-8)
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  Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
  by Walter W. Skeat
  Softcover, Dover Pubns, ISBN 0486440524 (0-486-44052-4)

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  • An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198631049 (0-19-863104-9)
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  The Facts on File Dictionary of Troublesome Words
  by Bill Bryson
  Hardcover, Facts on File, ISBN 0816019339 (0-8160-1933-9)

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  • The Facts on File Dictionary of Troublesome Words: Hardcover, Facts on File, ISBN 0871968894 (0-87196-889-4)
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  The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
  by Robert Hendrickson
  Softcover, Facts On File, Inc., ISBN 0816040885 (0-8160-4088-5)

  More editions of The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins:

  • Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins: Softcover, Facts On File, Inc., ISBN 0816059926 (0-8160-5992-6)
  • The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins: Hardcover, Facts On File, Inc., ISBN 0816010129 (0-8160-1012-9)
  • The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins: Hardcover, Facts On File, Inc., ISBN 0816032661 (0-8160-3266-1)
  • The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins: Hardcover, Facts On File, Inc., ISBN 0816048134 (0-8160-4813-4)
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  Frontier Lawmen
  by Lee Paul
  Softcover, Jona Books, ISBN 0965792951 (0-9657929-5-1)
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  Hog on Ice
  by Charles Earle Funk, Tom Funk
  Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 0060513292 (0-06-051329-2)
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  A Hog on Ice: And Other Curious Expressions
  by Charles E. Funk
  Softcover, Harper & Row Limited, ISBN 0060912596 (0-06-091259-6)
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  Made in America
  by Bill Bryson
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 068810312X (0-688-10312-X)
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  Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
  by Bill Bryson
  Softcover, Avon Books, ISBN 0380713810 (0-380-71381-0)
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  The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
  by Simon Winchester
  Softcover, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192805762 (0-19-280576-2)

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  • The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary: Softcover, Oxford University Press, ISBN 019517500X (0-19-517500-X)
  • The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary: Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198607024 (0-19-860702-4)
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  The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
  by Merriam-Webster
  Softcover, Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, ISBN 0877796033 (0-87779-603-3)
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  The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
  by Bill Bryson
  Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0380715430 (0-380-71543-0)

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  • The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way: Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0688078958 (0-688-07895-8)
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  O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun: A Bobtailed, Generally Chronological Listing of Proper Names That Have Become Improper and Uncommonly Common, to
  by Willard R. Espy
  Hardcover, Random House Value Pub, ISBN 0517535114 (0-517-53511-4)
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  Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
  by Eric Partridge
  Hardcover, Routledge, ISBN 0415050774 (0-415-05077-4)

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  • Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English: Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing, ISBN 0517414252 (0-517-41425-2)
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  The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
  by Joseph Twadell Shipley
  Softcover, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0801867843 (0-8018-6784-3)
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  The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
  by Robert W. Burchfield, G. W. S. Friedrichsen
  Hardcover, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198611129 (0-19-861112-9)
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  The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories
  by Glynnis Chantrell
  Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr, ISBN 0198608934 (0-19-860893-4)

  More editions of The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories:

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories: Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198631219 (0-19-863121-9)
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  Oxford English Dictionary
  by J. A. Murray
  Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198611013 (0-19-861101-3)

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  • Oxford English Dictionary: Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr, ISBN 019861117X (0-19-861117-X)
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  The Oxford English Dictionary
  by J. A. Simpson, Edmund S. Weiner
  Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198611862 (0-19-861186-2)
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  Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
  by John A. Simpson, Edmund S. Weiner
  Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, ISBN 0198612990 (0-19-861299-0)
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  The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words
  by Bill Bryson
  Softcover, Viking Pr, ISBN 0140512004 (0-14-051200-4)
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  The Professor and the Madman
  by Simon Winchester
  Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 0061030228 (0-06-103022-8)
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  Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
  by Simon Winchester
  Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited, ISBN 0060839783 (0-06-083978-3)

  More editions of Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary:

  • Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary: Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 006099486X (0-06-099486-X)
  • Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary: Hardcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 0060175966 (0-06-017596-6)
  • The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary: Hardcover, Thorndike Press, ISBN 0783885008 (0-7838-8500-8)
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  The Roots of English
  by Robert Claiborne
  Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group, ISBN 0385414277 (0-385-41427-7)

  More editions of The Roots of English:

  • The Roots of English: A Reader's Handbook of Word Origins: Hardcover, Random House Inc, ISBN 0812917162 (0-8129-1716-2)
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  Star Names and Their Meanings
  by Richard Hinck Allen
  Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, ISBN 0766140288 (0-7661-4028-8)
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  Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning
  by Richard H. Allen
  Softcover, Dover Publications, Incorporated, ISBN 0486210790 (0-486-21079-0)

  More editions of Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning:

  • Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning: Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc, ISBN 0844615277 (0-8446-1527-7)
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  The Story of English
  by Robert McCrum
  Softcover, Kendall Hunt Pub Co, ISBN 0840340354 (0-8403-4035-4)
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  Studies in Words
  by C. S. Lewis
  Softcover, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521398312 (0-521-39831-2)

  More editions of Studies in Words:

  • Studies in Words: Softcover, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521093716 (0-521-09371-6)
  • Studies in Words: Hardcover, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521055474 (0-521-05547-4)
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  The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
  by Simon Winchester
  Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited, ISBN 0140271287 (0-14-027128-7)
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  Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins
  by Charles Earle Funk
  Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 0060513381 (0-06-051338-1)

  More editions of Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins:

  • Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins: Softcover, Harper & Row, ISBN 006091260X (0-06-091260-X)
  • Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins: Softcover, Harpercollins, ISBN 006272049X (0-06-272049-X)
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  They Have a Word for It
  by Howard Rheingold
  Softcover, Sarabande Books, Incorporated, ISBN 1889330469 (1-889330-46-9)

  More editions of They Have a Word for It:

  • They Have a Word for It: Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, ISBN 0874774640 (0-87477-464-0)
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  Troublesome Words
  by Bryson
  Softcover, Penguin Uk, ISBN 0140266402 (0-14-026640-2)
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  Why Do We Say It: The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use
  by Castle
  Hardcover, Book Sales, ISBN 1555210104 (1-55521-010-4)

French

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  Dictionnaire etymologique Et Historique De La Langue Francaise
  by Emmanuele Baumgartner, Philippe Menard
  Hardcover, le Livre de poche, ISBN 2253130184 (2-253-13018-4)