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Etymology Books

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
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Lists

Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterBecause Internet by Gretchen McCullochThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Best Popular Language Books on Goodreads
181 books — 37 voters
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
Best Books about Linguistics
256 books — 224 voters

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
395 books — 76 voters

Quotes Tagged “Etymology”

Alan Moore
“ Aleister Crowley once stated that the most important grimoire, or book of magical instruction, that anyone could ever conceivably own would be an etymological dictionary, and in my opinion he was exactly right. I keep it right here by my desk, and just 10 minutes ago it confirmed for me that I had the spelling of “proprioception” right all along, even though my spell-checker had raised a crinkly red eyebrow. ”
― Alan Moore
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Ashwin Sanghi
“ Omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous and omnipresent all begin with Om. ”
― Ashwin Sanghi, The Krishna Key
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The word “unbox” is WAY older than you think!
The word “unbox” is WAY older than you think!
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Suzette Standring interviews Ben Robertson, author of The Last Generation
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