The Origins of English Words
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There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstru
There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstru
Robert Claiborne gives readers a short history of the English language to show how most of the words we use today evolved from a single taproot language called
There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstru
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 etymo
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.