An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

An Etymological Dictionary of the English LanguageComprehensive and easy to use, this resource offers numerous cross references that allow readers to trace English words back to their Indo European roots. By exhibiting the relationship between English and cognate tongues, it reveals the language's basis in Latin and Greek as well as prior derivations from Anglo Saxon and Icelandic sources. Each entry begins with a brief definition and an exact statement of the term's actual (or probable) language of

books on mysterious islands

romantic view

it features a new Introduction

From Richard the Lionheart in full battle regalia to the equipage of numerous anonymous knights

the treatment here is especially thorough)

Origami book kit

and crew cuts

was formerly on the staff of the British Museum

human intellect

people can reconcile the inner antagonism between sense and intellect

to put it more bluntly

Stars and Stripes