Discusses the nature, origins, and development of language and lists the meanings and associated word for more than thirteen thousand Indo-European root words.

Briefly discusses the nature and history of language and lists meanings and associated words for Indo-European root words

The Old Ones had prophesied that someday dragon would fight dragon until there were none left in the world, and now this prophesy begins to come true as the legendary Charmed Dragons confront an army of Naturals, and Fortune, a half-caste, holds the key to survival. Original.

Product Description: In day-to-day speech, we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is.Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter” for television, or that “cold turkey” as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra) The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you’ll learn the origins of phrases like:• Credibility gap• Ginormous• Metrosexual• The Mile High Club• My lips are sealed• The opera’s not over until the fat lady sings• Supermarket• Supermodel• There’s no accounting for taste• Thick as thieves• And hundreds more!For anyone who loves language, this book will “take the cake...read more

Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. Have you ever wondered why we wear perfume, read magazines, vote for candidates and speak in jargon? With entries from assassin to villain, the authors explain the origins of 300 words.

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The Old Ones had prophesied that someday dragon would fight dragon until there were none left in the world, and now this prophesy begins to come true as the legendary Charmed Dragons confront an army of Naturals, and Fortune, a half-caste, holds the key to survival. Original.

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Useful for school students, this work is a dictionary of word origins. Each headword entry gives a complete story about how a particular word came into the English language and evolved over time. Each headword entry also includes meanings and how each word is used in context. It covers themes like: acronyms, eponyms, invented words, and blends.