The fascinating origins of everyday words

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The fascinating origins of everyday words

Adrian Room

(The Artful Wordsmith series)

NTC Pub. Group, [1997]

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NTC's dictionary of word origins

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Originally published as "NTC's dictionary of word origins": NTC Pub. Group, 1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193)

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A title in the ARTFUL WORDSMITH series, which looks at the origins of 1200 words, giving any folk etymologies and fictional origins, as well as false origins.

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