Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins
Description:... Trialled and tested in schoolsFor the first time a comprehensive dictionary of word origins will be availablefor all school students.Each headword entry gives a complete and fascinating story about how aparticular word came into the English language and evolved over time. Inaddition, each headword entry includes meanings and how each word is used incontext.It also includes 40 extended panels covering a range of themes like:BLOther languages which gave vocabulary to the English language form Arabic andAustralian-Aboriginal to Urdu and YiddishBLacronyms (AIDS, NATO), eponyms (Wellingtons), invented words (nylon, spoof),shortened words (photo, exam), blends (motor and hotelBLBecame motel) and folk etymologyBL Subjects students are interested in, ranging from food and drink, animals,sports, space, to first names and illnesses
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