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The pioneering work on the roots & origins of the English language. The remarkable scholarship of Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912) was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English literature, & he inspired later philologists & lexicographers. Skeat's astonishing detective work into the origins & development of the worlds most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility & richness. This edition of his larger Etymological Dictionary is not a mere abridgment, but was entirely rewritten by Skeat.
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The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat
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- 1993
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- Title
- The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Walter W. Skeat
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1853263117
- ISBN13
- 9781853263118
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Textbooks, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, References & Manuals, Languages, Language Dictionaries, Dictionaries
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
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- The pioneering work on the roots & origins of the English language. The remarkable scholarship of Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912) was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English literature, & he inspired later philologists & lexicographers. Skeat's astonishing detective work into the origins & development of the worlds most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility & richness. This edition of his larger Etymological Dictionary is not a mere abridgment, but was entirely rewritten by Skeat.