Author: George William Lemon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-02

Total Pages: 686

ISBN-13: 9780282216252

Excerpt from English Etymology, or a Derivative Dictionary of the English Language: In Two Alphabets, Tracing the Etymology of Those English Words, That Are Derived I. From the Greek, and Latin Languages, II. From the Saxon, and Other Northern Tongues This gradual advancement in fcience, and this acquired improvement in lan guage, has in a great meafure atifen from-that mutual connexion and communi cation, which commerce has introduced into the world, by opening new channels of knowledge to mankind and thus, by importing and adopting the improved accornplifiimeuts of other nations, they have enlarged their own former flock and have increafed in knowledge, as they have increafed in trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.