What's in a word? : etymological gossip about some interesting English words /
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| Author / Creator: | Gorrell, Robert M. |
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| Imprint: | Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2001. |
| Description: | 226 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4432172 |
Table of Contents:
- Roots from Rome
- Adapting Latin
- The Greeks had a word
- Borrowing around the world
- Gods and legends
- Proper nouns to common
- Lore, history, gossip, mistakes
- Compounding and affixes
- Semantic change
- Coinages and spontaneous combustion.