The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. Hoad
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. Hoad Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelled? What did nice mean in the Middle…
Specifikacia The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. Hoad
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. Hoad
Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelled? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages?
Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, it contains a wealth of information about our language and its history. The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary.With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to word origins available in paperback. For example, readers will learn that bungalow originally meant belonging to Bengal, that assassin comes from the Arabic for Hashish-eater, and that nice meant foolish or stupid in the thirteenth century, coy or shy in the fifteenth.
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