num_pages: 442
description: This fascinating, authoritative reference dictionary supplies the answers to hundreds of questions about the derivations of words we use everyday. The reader can follow a word thru its many lives, tracing it from its earliest known use to its current meaning. Dr Shipley presents a wealth of anecdotal material in a lively style guaranteed to give hours of entertainment as well as sound scholastic information.
language: English
title: Dictionary of Word Origins
titlecomplete: Dictionary of Word Origins
genres: Writing, Language, Nonfiction, Literature, History, Reference
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Philosophical Library Inc. (NY)