500 years of new words
By: by Bill Sherk.
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: English language -- Etymology -- Chronology.; English language -- Word formation -- Chronology.; English language -- New words -- Chronology.
Genres: Chronology.
Other titles: Five hundred years of new words
Description: "If you ever use words and find yourself wondering where they came from, who wrote them first, and why they became necessary, then you will savour 500 Years of New Words, a new volume that takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the twenty-first century. The entries are arranged not alphabetically but in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down."--Jacket.
Notes: "The fascinating story of how, when, and why hundreds of your favourite words first entered the English language"--Cover.