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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

Edited by T. F. Hoad

Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology contains a wealth of information about the English language and its history. Find out where the words 'bungalow' and 'assassin' came from, what 'nice' meant in the Middle Ages and much more.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
1996
Print ISBN-13:
9780192830982
Published to Oxford Reference:
2003
Current Online Version:
2012
eISBN:
9780191727153

Author

T. F. Hoad, editor

T. F. Hoad is Fellow and Tutor in English language and Medieval Literature at St Peter's College, Oxford.

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