Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z by John Ayto

Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z

John Ayto

554 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800 ...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...