Word origins : -- and how we know them : etymology for everyone / Anatoly Liberman.

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Liberman, Anatoly, 1937-

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: vii, 312 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9780195161472
0195161475

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PE 1574 L695w 2005

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Summary: Word Origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. This funny, charming, and conversational book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. (Midwest).

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Word Origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. This funny, charming, and conversational book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. (Midwest).

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