The Oxford dictionary of English etymology
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
- Verlag OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780198611127
- ISBN10 0198611129
- Gegenstandsart BUCH
- Buchseiten 1024
- Jahr der Ausgabe 1996
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Stoffeinband
The Oxford dictionary of English etymology
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is the most comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language ever published. It is based on the original edition of The Oxford English Dictionary but much augmented by further research on the etymology of English and other languages.
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language ever published. It is based on the original edition of the Oxford English Dictionary but much augmented by further research on the etymology of English and other languages. Providing a fascinating insight into the development of English, it describes 38,000 words in 24,000 articles which include: current meanings of each word; date of first recordedappearance in English; chronology of the development of each word's senses; earliest written form in English; related words in other languages; pronunciation.