The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins
By: Robert Hendrickson.
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: Facts on File library of language and literature
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 948
ISBN-13: 9780816069668; 9780816069675
Subjects: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases
Genres: Dictionaries; Terms and phrases
Other titles: Encyclopedia of word and phrase origins
Notes: "Definitions and origins of more than 15, 000 world and expressions"--Cover.

Includes index.