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  2. Apr 13, 2009 · Word Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone. 1st Edition. Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words.

    • A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words Based on Indo-European Roots. Volume I - 2014 Edition. Edward A Roberts.
    • Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language. For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for High Schools, Academies, Etc. William Swinton. (You?) |
    • A Dictionary of Etymology of the English Language, and of English Synonymes and Paronymes. John Oswald. (You?) | 2019 | 4.46. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
    • The Unexpected Evolution of Language. Discover the Surprising Etymology of Everyday Words. Justin Cord Hayes. (You?) | 2012 | 4.3. This book is awesome awful!Did you know that "awful" first originated as a compliment?
  3. Jul 24, 2009 · The Oxford Guide to Etymology. Philip Durkin. OUP Oxford, Jul 24, 2009 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 360 pages. This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where...

  4. Jan 17, 2024 · The most successful popular books on etymology known to me were written about a hundred years ago by Ernest Weekley (1865-1954), a Romance scholar (who is also the author of a semipopular etymological English dictionary), and I am sorry that so few of them have been reprinted. The Etymologicon started as a blog.

  5. Julia Cresswell. OUP Oxford, Sep 9, 2010 - History - 512 pages. Combining both accessibility and authority, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins describes the origins and development of over...

  6. Mar 16, 2009 · Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this...

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