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From Abracadabra to Zeus
Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN: 9780618454501
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition: illustrated edition
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Word Histories and Mysteries explores the origins of hundreds of the most interesting words in the English language. Language aficionados will discover the unexpected links between such seemingly unrelated words as guest, hostility, and xenophobia …
Providing a panoramic view of the unique richness of English, this history uncovers the origins of 500 everyday words--from Abracadabra to Zeus--whose surprising and often amusing stories offer insights into the history of humankind.
| ISBN | 0618454500 | | Pages | 352 | | ISBN13 | 9780618454501
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 454 | | Imprint | Houghton Mifflin | | Published in | Boston | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 218 | | Publication date | 01 Mar 2005 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | Library of Congress | 2004014798 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 422 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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