The Roots of English: A Reader's Handbook of Word Origins

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Anchor Books, 1990 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 335 pages
Robert Claiborne gives readers a short history of the English language to show how most of the words we use today evolved from a single taproot language called Indo-European. This book is a must for all word buffs and language lovers; an intelligent and uniquely accessible examination of our vocabulary by a recognized authority.

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CONTENTS
3
The Dictionary of Roots
41
Word Index
269
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