Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins

by Merriam-Webster (Editor)

An up-to-date history of English words includes more than 1,500 terms in an easy-to-follow format and conversational style that traces the origins and evolutions of meanings for everyday terms.

Genres: Reference

526 pages, Hardcover

First published May 2, 1980

Reviews

[Shà · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative

[fayre · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Carlie Crowe]

Webster's spanish-english dictionary for students. (2014). Federal Street Press.

Citation by: Carlie Crowe

Type of Reference: Dictionary

Call Number: Ref 413

Content/Scope: A dictionary targeted to students who are learning the Spanish or English language. Contains over 50,000 translations and has Conjugation of Spanish verbs.

Accuracy/Authority/Bias: Federal Street Press strives to bring the best dictionaries at affordable prices. The editors use the most up to date database for their books.

Arrangement/Presentation: Arrangement si alphabetical. Included in the 384 pages dictionary are Spanish to English and English to Spanish translation also with conjugations and irregular English verbs.

Relation to other works: There are many Spanish to English dictionaries available; this dictionary meets requirements for libraries that need a comprehensive reference at a high school level.

Accessibility/Diversity: This will be specific for students who are interest in learning the Spanish Language, to teacher to aid them in the classroom, and to Spanish speaking student who would like to learn more English.

Cost: $3.78

[Jennifer Whitney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary for Students

Citation by: Jennifer Emberton
Type of Reference: dictionary
Call Number: Ref.
ISBN:159695096X
ISBN-13:9781596950962
Pub. Date:May 2010
Publisher:Federal Street Press
Content/Scope: Ideal for English and Spanish speakers, this bidirectional dictionary defines the core vocabularies of Latin-American Spanish and American English. Over 40,000 entries and 50,000 translations. Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish sections.
Accuracy/Authority/Bias: There is a second edition available that is more up-to-date
Arrangement/Presentation: Alphabetically
Relation to other works: English-Spanish Reference
Accessibility/Diversity: Great addition to any library for quick translations to Spanish-English or English-Spanish.

Cost: Less than $5

Professional Review: No results found

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent, thorough book. It covers some 1,500 words over 526 pages, and it's rather large. Good to have as a reference tool, especially as an English or literature student or scholar. Wikipedia has already eclipsed this by far in scope, but I still strongly advocate for this text because a) it is not derivative but was research and published (which no Wikipedia article is, of course) and b) each article gives a thorough and deep explanation, tracing the history of the word. This also makes it useful for getting a sense of how languages change over time.

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delectable bite-size etymological morsels for word nerds.

[7709kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is mediocre. It's is vague when defining words with multiple meanings.