Roots, family histories of familiar words
By: by Peter Davies.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: English language -- Etymology
Description: This book offers case histories of 100 Indo-European roots and shows how they appear in modern English. It provides a look at the ways in which language prehistory affects everyday modern vocabulary. Each entry consists of a definition and discussion of the root, a concise history of its descent to present-day English and a chart that presents the story visually.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 209.
Includes index.