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Every Word Tells A Story An Extraordinary A To Z Of Etymological Exploration Tom Read Wilson

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Every Word Tells A Story An Extraordinary A To Z Of Etymological Exploration Tom Read Wilson
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Every Word Tells A Story An Extraordinary A To Z Of Etymological Exploration Tom Read Wilson instant download after payment.

Publisher: words & pictures
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 16.5 MB
Pages: 112
Author: Tom Read Wilson
ISBN: 9780711277533, 0711277532
Language: English
Year: 2022

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Every Word Tells A Story An Extraordinary A To Z Of Etymological Exploration Tom Read Wilson by Tom Read Wilson 9780711277533, 0711277532 instant download after payment.

Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story.

See how the English language evolved in this extraordinary exploration of the origins of everyday words. Full of funny stories and fascinating facts, Tom Read Wilson knows even the most ordinary-sounding word can have the most surprising story behind it!

Did you know, for instance, that:

  • The word 'bloomers' comes from Amelia Bloomer, who was a women's rights activist and owner and editor of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, who wanted to move more freely in her knickers?
  • Or that the word 'daisy' comes from the Old English dæges eage, meaning 'day's eye', because the petals of a daisy open at dawn and close at dusk?
  • The word 'easel' comes from the Dutch word 'ezel', meaning donkey,...
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