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The Roots Of English: a reader's handbook of word origins

by Robert Claiborne
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Starting with the mysterious origins of many of our most common English words, The Roots of English shows in a concise, dictionary-style format how they 'grew' over thousands...

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AuthorRobert Claiborne
First published1989
Era1980–1999
PublisherCrown
LanguageEnglish
FormatHardcover
ConditionVery good
Reference335167-very-good

The Story

Starting with the mysterious origins of many of our most common English words, The Roots of English shows in a concise, dictionary-style format how they 'grew' over thousands of years into the words we use today.