Word Origins...And How We Know Them

Word Origins...And How We Know Them

Etymology for Everyone

by Anatoly Liberman

325 pages· 2009· ISBN 9780195387070
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A guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson explains how the origins and history of hundreds of words are determined, discussing such topics as folk etymology, changes of meaning in language history, borrowed words, and the methods of etymology.

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