The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
by C. T. Onions
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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. Providing a fascinating insight into the development of English, it describes 38,000 words in 24,000 articles.Tags
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Briefly defines the scope of the book in the definition of Etymology as "the origin, formation, and development (of a word)".[v]
Example: LAW - rule [OIcel] - layer, partnership, fixed price, set tune, and "in various languages, "derived from bases meaning 'place, set down'.
KEY - OFris. Kei, kay; of unknown origin.
Example: LAW - rule [OIcel] - layer, partnership, fixed price, set tune, and "in various languages, "derived from bases meaning 'place, set down'.
KEY - OFris. Kei, kay; of unknown origin.
1967 reprinted with corrections.
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Dr. C. T. Onions, whose lifetime of learning this dictionary harvests, died while it was still going through the press.
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Etymology has been briefly defined in this book as 'the origin, formation, and development (of a word)'. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)zymurgy zai᛫məɹdʒi act of fermentation. XIX. f. Gr. zṹmē (see prec)+-urgy as in metallugry. Cf. Gr. zūmourgós maker of leaven.
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