Word histories and mysteries : from abracadabra to Zeus /
Word histories and mysteries : from abracadabra to Zeus /
from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2004.
- xvi, 348 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
The articles, averaging half a page, though based on current scholarship, are themselves casual reading. The selection is so small that readers looking for a specific word are more likely to find some other word with a story that will interest and often delight them instead. Pronunciations are not indicated, either for the main listing or for the g
0618454500 (pbk.)
English language--Etymology--Dictionaries.
PE1580 / .W665 2004
The articles, averaging half a page, though based on current scholarship, are themselves casual reading. The selection is so small that readers looking for a specific word are more likely to find some other word with a story that will interest and often delight them instead. Pronunciations are not indicated, either for the main listing or for the g
0618454500 (pbk.)
English language--Etymology--Dictionaries.
PE1580 / .W665 2004