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Word origins [electronic resource] : the hidden histories of English words from A to Z

Ayto, John2012
Abstract: The purpose of this book is to uncover the often surprising connections between elements of the English lexicon that have become obscured by centuries of language change - the links in our word-web that join such unlikely partners as, for instance, beef and cow, bacteria and imbecile, a...
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