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Eric Partridge
992 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780025948402
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company, Inc. (NY)
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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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Eric Partridge
992 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780025948402
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company, Inc. (NY)
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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...