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Dictionary Of Word Origins by John Ayto
Dictionary Of Word Origins

John Ayto

Dictionary Of Word Origins

John Ayto

591 pages hardcover 1990

5 editions

nonfiction history reference informative lighthearted medium-paced
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The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...

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