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An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452913218
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology written by Anatoly Liberman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work introduces renowned linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman's comprehensive dictionary and bibliography of the etymology of English words. The English etymological dictionaries published in the past claim to have solved the mysteries of word origins even when those origins have been widely disputed. An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology "by contrast, discusses all of the existing derivations of English words and proposes the best one. In the inaugural volume, Liberman addresses fifty-five words traditionally dismissed as being of unknown etymology. Some of the entries are among the most commonly used words in English, including man, boy, girl, bird, brain, understand, key, ever, " and yet." Others are slang: mooch, nudge, pimp, filch, gawk, " and skedaddle." Many, such as beacon, oat, hemlock, ivy," and toad," have existed for centuries, whereas some have appeared more recently, for example, slang, kitty-corner, " and Jeep." They are all united by their etymological obscurity. This unique resource book discusses the main problems in the methodology of etymological research and contains indexes of subjects, names, and all of the root words. Each entry is a full-fledged article, shedding light for the first time on the source of some of the most widely disputed word origins in the English language. "Anatoly Liberman is one of the leading scholars in the field of English etymology. Undoubtedly his work will be an indispensable tool for the ongoing revision of the etymological component of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary."" --Bernhard Diensberg, OED" consultant, French etymologies Anatoly Liberman is professor of Germanic philology at the University of Minnesota. He has published many works, including 16 books, most recently Word Origins . . . and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone."

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

Author : Walter W. Skeat
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853263118
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology written by Walter W. Skeat and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1993 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Skeat (1835-1912) was one of the greatest investigators of the roots of the English language, and his remarkable scholarship was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English Literature. His astonishing detective work into the origins and development of the world's most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility and richness.

A Bibliography of English Etymology

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816667721
Total Pages : 975 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book A Bibliography of English Etymology written by Anatoly Liberman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman set out the frame for this volume in An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology. Here, Liberman's landmark scholarship lay the groundwork for his forthcoming multivolume analytic dictionary of the English language. A Bibliography of English Etymology is a broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each word's etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the word origin's primary sources, specifically, where it was first found in use. Featuring the history of more than 13,000 English words, their cognates, and their foreign antonyms, this is a full-fledged compendium of resources indispensable to any scholar of word origins.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

Author : T. F. Hoad
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780192830982
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology written by T. F. Hoad and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1993-06-03 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelt? 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. 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.

Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology

Author : Robert K. Barnhart
Publisher : Collins Reference
ISBN 13 : 9780062700841
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology written by Robert K. Barnhart and published by Collins Reference. This book was released on 1995-09-15 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Often, however, our use of language is so automatic that we neglect to consider where those words came from and what they assume. What are the implications, beyond the simple dictionary definitions, of using words such as privilege, hysteria, seminal, and gyp? Browsing through the pages of The Barhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology is like exploring the historical, political, and rhetorical wonderland of our linguistic heritage. We see the evolution of ideas, as rootword connections that now seem arbitrary are traced to schools of thought from the past. We also find an opportunity to examine how the sometimes backwards, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes illuminating ideologies built into our language affect our modern thinking. Written in a fresh, accessible style, this book provides the derivations of over 21,000 English-language words without resorting to the use of abbreviations, symbols, or technical terminology. Drawing on the most current American scholarship, and focusing on the core words in contemporary English, The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology is both a diverting browse and a thinking person's Bible.

Oxford English Dictionary

Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195218893
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Oxford English Dictionary written by John A. Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature

Author : Hannah Crawforth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107041767
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature written by Hannah Crawforth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crawforth presents a major re-reading of early modern poetry, demonstrating its debt to the emergence of linguistics in the period.

A Dictionary of English Etymology

Author : Hensleigh Wedgwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of English Etymology written by Hensleigh Wedgwood and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary of English Etymology

Author : Hensleigh Wedgwood (M.A.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of English Etymology written by Hensleigh Wedgwood (M.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Word Origins And How We Know Them

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199889015
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Word Origins And How We Know Them written by Anatoly Liberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Author : Ernest Weekley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English written by Ernest Weekley and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Ernest Klein
Publisher : Amsterdam : Elsevier Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language written by Ernest Klein and published by Amsterdam : Elsevier Publishing Company. This book was released on 1971 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed reference work examining the derivation and meanings of words.

Principles of English Etymology

Author : Walter William Skeat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Principles of English Etymology written by Walter William Skeat and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

English Etymology

Author : Friedrich Kluge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book English Etymology written by Friedrich Kluge and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building English Vocabulary With Etymology Introduction

Author : Peter Beaven
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0982474008
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (824 download)

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Book Synopsis Building English Vocabulary With Etymology Introduction by : Peter Beaven

Download or read book Building English Vocabulary With Etymology Introduction written by Peter Beaven and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etymology is the study of word origins and development. It provides one of the easiest and most effective ways to build vocabulary, because knowledge of some common roots and prefixes makes possible the figuring out of new word meanings. English is compounded of several languages, primarily Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) and Latin. Historically, the Angles and Saxon tribes occupied Britain after expelling the Celts to Ireland. Beginning in the first century BCE, Julius Caesar's legions conquered and occupied Britain, and Roman troops remained until the fifth century. Their Latin influence persists notably in the names of English cities ending in "-caster" or "-chester," from the Latin "castra" meaning "encampment." This series of books focuses then on etymology from Latin and Greek. The texts are designed to aid in learning the definitions of specific, deconstructed words.

English Etymology

Author : George William Lemon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book English Etymology written by George William Lemon and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Origins of English Words

Author : Joseph Twadell Shipley
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896436
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of English Words written by Joseph Twadell Shipley and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.