NTC's Dictionary of Word Origins

by Adrian Room

"Acorn" has nothing to do with "corn". So many of the words we use and take for granted have no bearing on what their spellings suggest they were derived from. Word scholars and general readers alike... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844251372
• ISBN13: 9780844251370
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: National Textbook Company
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"