A Dictionary of True Etymologies
by
Adrian Room
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Routledge Revivals
ISBN-10
1041307659
ISBN-13
9781041307655
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2026
Print length
202 Pages
Weight
530 grams
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Originally published in 1986 this dictionary gives the true etymologies, as far as they are known, of many English words that have frequently come to be associated with quite another, false origin. Nearly 1,200 words are so explained and their true etymologies given.
Originally published in 1986 this dictionary gives the true etymologies, as far as they are known, of many English words that have frequently come to be associated with quite another, false origin. Among such words are those that have long been wrongly attributed in the language such as acorn, belfry, carnation, mosaic and saltcellar which are nothing to do with corn, bell, coronation, Moses or cellar, as it appears, but have quite a different etymology. In tracing back these and many other such misleading associations to their true origin, the book also exposes some of the more popular theories about words and their etymologies, such as the Welsh rabbit that is ‘really’ a Welsh ‘rare bit’. Nearly 1,200 words are so explained and their true etymologies given.
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