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330 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780197664919
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01 April 2024
Description
Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with or...
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330 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780197664919
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01 April 2024
Description
Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with or...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings