Guppies in Tuxedos
Subtitle: Funny Eponyms
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: April 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780547031880
Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Children: Grades 4-6; General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts / General; Language Arts - General
First sentence: Where do words come from?
Description: Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.