Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of Over 8, 000 Words Explained by John Ayto

Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of Over 8, 000 Words Explained

John Ayto

582 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative medium-paced
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The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...

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