Word origins
Subtitle: the romance of language
By: by Cecil Hunt ; with illustratrations by John Nicolson.
Contributors: Nicolson, John.
Publisher: Philosophical
Published: 1949
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Literature -- Dictionaries; Allusions; English language -- Etymology; Biography -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries.
Other titles: Romance of language.
Notes: Dictionary of pen pictures of the people whose names have passed into English languages.