The beginning of words
Subtitle: how English grew
By: [by] Colin Pickles and Laurence Meynell. Designed and illus. by Don Heywood.
Contributors: Meynell, Laurence, 1899- , joint author.; Heywood, Don, illus.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: English language -- Etymology -- Juvenile literature.; English language -- Etymology.
Description: Traces the history of the English language by examining the origins and development in meaning and spelling of several hundred words.