Dictionary of Word Origins
Joseph Twadell Shipley
This fascinating,
authoritative reference dictionary supplies the answers to hundreds of
questions about the derivations of words we use everyday. The reader can
follow a word thru its many lives, tracing it from its earliest known
use to its current meaning. Dr Shipley presents a wealth of anecdotal
material in a lively style guaranteed to give hours of entertainment as
well as sound scholastic information.
authoritative reference dictionary supplies the answers to hundreds of
questions about the derivations of words we use everyday. The reader can
follow a word thru its many lives, tracing it from its earliest known
use to its current meaning. Dr Shipley presents a wealth of anecdotal
material in a lively style guaranteed to give hours of entertainment as
well as sound scholastic information.
カテゴリー:
年:
1989
出版社:
Rowman & Littlefield
言語:
english
ページ:
434
ISBN 10:
0822601214
ISBN 13:
9780822601210
ファイル:
PDF, 24.11 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1989