English language--Etymology
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Word origins
John Ayto
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Hobson-Jobson
a glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical, and discursive
by Col. Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell
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Oxford dictionary of English etymology
edited by C. T. Onions with the assistance of G. W. S. Friedrichsen and R. W. Burchfield.
English language--Etymology
Red herrings and white elephants
the origins of the phrases we use every day
Albert Jack; w ill. by Ama Page
English language--Etymology English language--Idioms
Take it easy :
Etymologische Lerntricks und grammatische Faustregeln /
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The concise dictionary of English etymology
Walter W. Skeat
English language--Etymology
The Guinness book of words
Martin Manser
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The insect that stole butter?
Oxford dictionary of word origins
Julia Cresswell
English language--Etymology Dictionary--English Language Linguistics Reference Book
The professor and the madman
a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
Simon Winchester
English language--History--Lexicography Biography--Lexicographers Psychiatric hospitals--Patients English language--Etymology Murray, James Augustus Henry (Scottish lexicographer, 1837-1915) Books adapted into a film or play English language--History--Lexicography
Who said what first?
the curious origins of common words and phrases
Max Cryer
English language--Etymology English language--Terms and phrases--Dictionaries
Word origins
and their romantic stories
Wilfred Funk
English language--Etymology