Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
John Atyois a writer and lexicographer. He is the author (with Ian Crofton) ofBrewer’s Britain and Ireland. His authorial credits includeThe Oxford Dictionary of Slang,The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins,Twentieth Century Words, andDictionary of Word Origins. He was a contributor to theOxford Companion to Food. Atyo lives in London, England.