An Etymological Dictionary Of Modern English Vol 2

Author : Ernest Weekley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486122867
Total Pages : 445 pages
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Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Vol. 2 written by Ernest Weekley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.

Author : Ernest Weekley
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Total Pages : 862 pages
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Author : Ernest Weekley
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Author : Ernest Weekley
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ISBN 13 : 9780844631424
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Download or read book Etymological Dictionary of Modern English written by Ernest Weekley and published by . This book was released on 1967-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of 2. Classic contains most of the more common words, plus slang, archaic words and phrases, and common foreign words. Roots are identified, colloquial usages and alternate spellings are given.

Author : Ernest WEEKLEY
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Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134942176
Total Pages : 989 pages
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Download or read book Origins written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 989 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415050774
Total Pages : 972 pages
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Download or read book Origins written by Eric Partridge and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.

Author : Walter William Skeat
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
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Author : Ernest Weekley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486122875
Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Vol. 1 written by Ernest Weekley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.

Author : Hensleigh Wedgwood
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Total Pages : 594 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of English Etymology written by Hensleigh Wedgwood and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: