Dictionary of word and phrase origins

By Martin H. Manser

A dictionary of 700 entries written in a popular, non-technical style, explaining the origin and background of etymologically-interesting words, including some eponyms, toponyms, phrases, quotations... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747404232
• ISBN13: 9780747404231
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Sphere Books
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.