Etymology


The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Dictionary of Word Origins: Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
The Story of English in 100 Words
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Word Origins ... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Babel
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinThe Study of Language by George YuleMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
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When Liberty Enslaves by Jerry AvetaMerriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary by Merriam-WebsterThe Oxford English Dictionary by John Andrew SimpsonHope in the Valley by Penelope BourdillonOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary by A.S. Hornby
Dictionaries
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Holly Smale
The etymology of the word friend comes from the Proto-Germanic word frijand, which means to love. Love and friendship: friendship and love. They come from the same place.
Holly Smale, Picture Perfect

Vladimir Nabokov
I cannot separate the aesthetic pleasure of seeing a butterfly and the scientific pleasure of knowing what it is.
Vladimir Nabokov

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