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Dictionary of Word Origins

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Containing more than eight thousand entries, this guide to the history of the English language traces word origins from their Indo-European roots and reveals the links between seemingly unrelated words such as "bacteria" and "imbacile."

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Dictionary of Word Origins, John Ayto

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1991
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Language
English
Authors
John Ayto
Released
1991
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Hardcover
Pages
582
ISBN10
1559701331
ISBN13
9781559701334
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Containing more than eight thousand entries, this guide to the history of the English language traces word origins from their Indo-European roots and reveals the links between seemingly unrelated words such as "bacteria" and "imbacile."