Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z

by John Ayto

Book Overview

The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713674989
• ISBN13: 9780713674989
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"