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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelled? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary.
With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative...
The Concise Oxford Dictionay of English Etymology
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger , and umpire originally spelled? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary. With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative...
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Did you know:
--that the word nice meant foolish or stupid in the thirteenth century?
--that deer once referred to any animal?
--that cumberbund, pundit and bungalow, all relics of the Indian raj, have been in use in English since the 1600's?
--that such words as...
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