Elsevier's Concise Spanish Etymological Dictionary: Containing 10000 Entries, 1300 Word Families

by G. Gómez de Silva

Hardbound. The main purpose of this etymological dictionary is to trace each Spanish word as far back as possible in order to acquaint the reader with the history of the evolution of the Spanish language; another of its aims is to help students learn vocabulary, e.g., the English word 'sky' does not help English speaking persons learn the Spanish work 'cielo' but the English word 'celestial' does.Etymology is the history of words, and, as words stand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444424407
• ISBN13: 9780444424402
• Release Date: August 1985
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 559 Pages