The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

By - Hendrickson, Robert

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Checkmark Books, New York, 2000

ISBN 10 - 0816040885

ISBN 13 - 9780816040889

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - English language--Etymology

Shelf No - 21

Call Number - 422.03 HEN Ref

Physical Description - xiii, 754 pages ; 29 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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Explains the origins of thousands of words, proverbs, idioms, foreign language expressions, animal and plant names, and nicknames.

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