An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Author: Ernest Weekley
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 862
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Author: Ernest Weekley
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 862
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 972
ISBN-13: 0415050774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.
Author: Ernest Weekley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 0486122875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
Author: Ernest WEEKLEY
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Published: 1659
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-05-23
Total Pages: 989
ISBN-13: 1134942176
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.
Author: Ernest Weekley
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Published: 1660
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter William Skeat
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Published: 1879
Total Pages: 808
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ernest Weekley
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780486218748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 2 of 2. Classic contains most of the more common words, plus slang, archaic words and phrases, and common foreign words. Roots are identified, cross-references to words with similar roots are listed and colloquial usages and alternate spellings are given. "Notable for its readable historical discussions, apt citations and jargonless clarity" — Saturday Review.
Author: Ernest 1865-1954 Weekley
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2016-08-26
Total Pages: 866
ISBN-13: 9781362397724
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