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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

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What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?

The Etymologicon is all about the strange connections between words. It’s an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

It’s become a classic of writing about the English language. If you’re interested in etymology, you need to have read this book!

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
3 January 2017
Pages
256
ISBN
9781785781704

What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?

The Etymologicon is all about the strange connections between words. It’s an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

It’s become a classic of writing about the English language. If you’re interested in etymology, you need to have read this book!

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
3 January 2017
Pages
256
ISBN
9781785781704