An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language Reprint of the original 1936

Reprint of the original 1936 edition

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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language Reprint of the original 1936Comprehensive and easy to use, this resource offers numerous cross references that allow readers to trace English words back to their Indo European roots. By exhibiting the relationship between English and cognate tongues, it reveals the language's basis in Latin and Greek as well as prior derivations from Anglo Saxon and Icelandic sources. Each entry begins with a brief definition and an exact statement of the term's actual (or probable) language of