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The world in so many words : a country-by-country tour of words that have shaped our language
- Title
- The world in so many words : a country-by-country tour of words that have shaped our language / Allan Metcalf.
- Author
- Metcalf, Allan A.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1999]
- ©1999
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 298 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- An international tour of words that have shaped the English language explores the etymology of words such as paradise, siesta, geyser, justice, tattoo, and zombie.
- Subject
- English language > Foreign words and phrases
- Languages in contact > English-speaking countries
- English language > Foreign elements
- English language > Etymology
- English language > Etymology
- English language > Foreign elements
- English language > Foreign words and phrases
- Languages in contact
- Fremdwort
- Lehnwort
- English-speaking countries
- Englisch
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xv-xvii) and indexes.
- Contents
- Europe -- Africa -- Asia -- Oceania -- The Americas.
- ISBN
- 0395959209
- 9780395959206
- LCCN
- 99029849
- OCLC
- ocm41380428
- 41380428
- SCSB-8863286
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library