The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories

Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words by John Ayto

Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words

John Ayto

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Eric Partridge

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Eric Partridge

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology by Walter W. Skeat

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

Walter W. Skeat

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

Robert Hendrickson

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions by Elizabeth Webber

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions

Elizabeth Webber

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by C. T. Onions

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

C. T. Onions

The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten by Jeffrey Kacirk

The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten

Jeffrey Kacirk

The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories by Glynnis Chantrell

The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

Glynnis Chantrell

Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: From a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge by Paul Beale

Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: From a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge

Paul Beale

Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage by E. Ward Gilman

Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage

E. Ward Gilman

The Oxford Companion to the English Language by Tom McArthur

The Oxford Companion to the English Language

Tom McArthur

The roots of English: a reader's handbook of word origins by Robert Claiborne

The roots of English: a reader's handbook of word origins

Robert Claiborne

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Calvert Watkins

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

Calvert Watkins

Forgotten English by Jeffrey Kacirk

Forgotten English

Jeffrey Kacirk

American Slang by Robert L. Chapman

American Slang

Robert L. Chapman

Dictionary of Word and Phrase Orgins by William Morris

Dictionary of Word and Phrase Orgins

William Morris

Dictionary of Word Origins by Joseph T. Shipley

Dictionary of Word Origins

Joseph T. Shipley

Descriptionary by Marc McCutcheon

Descriptionary

Marc McCutcheon

Dictionary of Word Origins: A History of the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use by Jordon Almond

Dictionary of Word Origins: A History of the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use

Jordon Almond

The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States by H. L. Mencken

The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States

H. L. Mencken

Random House Word Menu: New and Essential Companion to the Dictionary by Stephen Glazier

Random House Word Menu: New and Essential Companion to the Dictionary

Stephen Glazier

Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language by Wilfred Funk

Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language

Wilfred Funk

Chambers Dictionary of Etymology by Robert K. Barnhart

Chambers Dictionary of Etymology

Robert K. Barnhart

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Eric Partridge

Word Mysteries and Histories: From Quiche to Humble Pie by American Heritage

Word Mysteries and Histories: From Quiche to Humble Pie

American Heritage

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage

Merriam-Webster

Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology by Robert K. Barnhart

Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology

Robert K. Barnhart

They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases by Howard Rheingold

They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases

Howard Rheingold

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (Oxford Paperback Reference) by T. F. Hoad

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (Oxford Paperback Reference)

T. F. Hoad

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends by David Wilton

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

David Wilton

The Story of English by Robert McCrum

The Story of English

Robert McCrum

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H. W. Fowler

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

H. W. Fowler

The New York Public Library Desk Reference by The New York Public Library

The New York Public Library Desk Reference

The New York Public Library

Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 1: A-G by J. E. Lighter

Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 1: A-G

J. E. Lighter

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language by David Crystal

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language

David Crystal

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

David Crystal

The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Jennifer Speake

The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Jennifer Speake

Thereby Hangs a Tale by Charles Earle Funk

Thereby Hangs a Tale

Charles Earle Funk

Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases by Webb Garrison

Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases

Webb Garrison

The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich

The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate

Eugene Ehrlich

Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources by Josefa Heifetz Byrne

Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources

Josefa Heifetz Byrne

Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk by Hugh Rawson

Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk

Hugh Rawson

O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun by Willard R. Espy

O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun

Willard R. Espy

Our Marvelous Native Tongue by Robert Claiborne

Our Marvelous Native Tongue

Robert Claiborne

The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Joseph Twadell Shipley

The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

Joseph Twadell Shipley

Dictionary of Cliches by James Rogers

Dictionary of Cliches

James Rogers

The New Fowler's Modern English Usage by R. W. Burchfield

The New Fowler's Modern English Usage

R. W. Burchfield

Words by Paul Dickson

Words

Paul Dickson

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition by Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition

Merriam-Webster

The Secret Lives of Words by Paul West

The Secret Lives of Words

Paul West

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