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I love the origins of English words. A book on the history of a ton of words would make for ana interesting read.
by xeromal 5y ago
I love the origins of English words. A book on the history of a ton of words would make for ana interesting read.
- monkey34 5y agoNot a book, but https://www.etymonline.com/ https://www.etymonline.com/ has a ton of etymological data.
- louky 5y agoSuzy Dent has some good books out, like https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46140227-word-perfect https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46140227-word-perfect
- shever73 5y agoI enjoyed The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth. Also, if you are a member of a public library, you can often get free access to the full Oxford English Dictionary online, which has detailed etymologies.
- mdp2021 5y agoSurely Etymonline (as also others noted nearby) - it is sequential (alphabetically of course) as much as hypertextual so it is equivalent to the text of a book; from the actual "ISBN" titles, without too much of a system but as a preliminary scavenging read you may check: Justin Cord Hayes - The Unexpected Evolution of Language and Nigel Rees - Why Do We Say (Nigel Rees also being the conductor of the 500 episodes of the radio programme "Quote... Unquote". Very prolific writer, apparently, other titles from him could be relevant).
- loudmax 5y agoNot a book, but The History of English Podcast is excellent: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/ https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/