Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins (Perennial Library)

Type

Book

Authors

Charles Earle Funk

ISBN 10

006272049X

ISBN 13

9780062720498

Tags

Etymology, Reference

Description

The Greek root of school means leisure.A language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher, English has hundreds of every day words that originated or acquired their meaning in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell us all the mysteries, but now Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells us the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of our language. - from Amzon

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