Origin Uncertain

Origin Uncertain

Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology

Liberman, Anatoly

Oxford University Press Inc

07/2024

344

Dura

Inglês

9780197664919

15 a 20 dias

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INTRODUCTION: THE WAYS OF WORDS AND WORD HUNTERS
CHAPTER 1: WORDS WHOSE ORIGIN HAS BOTHERED YOU FOR YEARS
CHAPTER 2: WORDS BIZARRE, MISBEGOTTEN, AND BORN BY MISTAKE
CHAPTER 3: IT TAKES ALL SORTS TO MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND
CHAPTER 4: CRABBED AGE LOOKS BACK AT YOUTH AND FEELS AMUSED
CHAPTER 5: MARITAL BLISS AND A FEW DIVERSIONS
CHAPTER 6: ANATOMY AND THE ART OF CONSUMPTION
CHAPTER 7: IN THE AIR, ON THE GROUND, AND IN THE SEA
CHAPTER 8: MULTIFAROUS DEVILRY
CHAPTER 9: OUR HABITAT AND DISPOSABLE STUFF
CHAPTER 10: TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, AND PROFESSIONS
CHAPTER 11: HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 12: SUSPICIOUS USAGE AND TROUBLESOME PHONETICS
CHAPTER 13: A FEW IDIOMS
CHAPTER 14: SOME OF OUR GREATS
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