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

I’ve been having a fascination with language lately, and this sure was an interesting read. A lot of words that came from the same root - such as unite and unicorn - were related words whose relation didn’t even cross my mind, and I LOVE those situations where I learn something new. I did give this a 4 out of 5 stars because there were some words where he just gave the modern English word that we got from the root (most of the other roots had quite a bit more detail).

handbook of word origins