Word Origins...And How We Know Them

Word Origins...And How We Know Them

Author: Anatoly Liberman

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2009-03-16

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0195387074

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A guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson explains how the origins and history of hundreds of words are determined, discussing such topics as folk etymology, changes of meaning in language history, borrowed words, and the methods of etymology.