San Antonio College Library

This book offers case histories of 100 Indo-European roots and shows how they appear in modern English. It provides a look at the ways in which language prehistory affects everyday modern vocabulary. Each entry consists of a definition and discussion of the root, a concise history of its descent to present-day English and a chart that presents the story visually.

"Why aren't bald eagles bald? What's the link between gnomes and being enormous? What connects a Christmas carol with the Russian for street? The answers can all be found in the history of the words themselves, and In Word Routes Alexander Tulloch gives us the fascinating stories behind more than five hundred of them." "He traces the routes of English words through time and across the globe. He reveals the surprising, amusing twists, turns and encounters...

Given in memory of Bill Barzak by the Library Board.

Shows how language evolves by relating the histories of words associated with seven different topics.

Alex Horne recounts his efforts to turn the unique phrases and words he uses into official entries in the dictionary, describing how he went about proving his words are in widespread and long-term use.

Lists the origins and sense developments of more than eleven thousand English words and idioms, in a resource that provides first recorded dates and boxed elements that define word relationships.