Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Eric Partridge

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Eric Partridge

992 pages first pub 1958 (editions)

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This etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as...

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