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050 0 _aPE1574
_b.L46 1986
100 1 _aLimburg, Peter R.
_91915
245 1 0 _aStories behind words :
_bthe origins and histories of 285 English words /
_cby Peter R. Limburg.
260 _a[Bronx, N.Y.] :
_bH.W. Wilson Co.,
_c1986.
300 _ax, 288 p. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aMood and character -- Democracy and aristocracy -- Religion -- Sorcery and superstition -- Eating and drinking -- Dress -- Names that have entered the language.
520 _aShows how language evolves by relating the histories of words associated with seven different topics.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xEtymology.
_91916
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aLimburg, Peter R.
_tStories behind words.
_d[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co., 1986
_w(OCoLC)679845495.
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_cREF
999 _c122679
_d122679