Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins

By: Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff

Fascinating histories of 1500 English words, Entertaining easy-to-follow articles trace the evolution of word meanings, ideal for word lover or occasional browser. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0831715421
• ISBN13: 9780831715427
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Smithmark Pub
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 2.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent reference book!

No, I haven't read the whole thing, but I do use it to research the origins of words and phrases. So far, I haven't stumped it yet...everything I've looked up--there's been an entry.However, there is one caveat. You get caught up in reading one description and continue on, then it refers you to another one, and so on until you've spent an hour surfing through the book just for the heck of it.