Cassell's Dictionary of Word Histories (CASSELL DICTIONARY OF ...) - Tapa blanda

Languages grow and develop in many different ways. Some words follow a straightforward route from Latin, through French into English, some follow a far more complicated path. CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF WORD HISTORIES offers a clear and absorbing guide to this labyrinth of connections. Arranged in an easy-to-use format and drawing on the most authoritative sources, it gives the date of each word's first appearance in the English language and, where appropriate, details its development from origin to current usage.

Adrian Room is the author of over 50 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and the American Name Society. His work for Cassell includes CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, CASSELL'S FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES, BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE and other titles in the Brewer's series.