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Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology by Robert K. Barnhart (Hardcover - Sep 15, 1995)

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Word Origins: A Classic Exploration of Words and Language by Wilfred Funk (Hardcover - Aug 11, 1992)

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The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by C.T. Onions, G. W. S. Friedrichsen, and R. W. Burchfield (Hardcover - Dec 31, 1966)

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In a Word: 750 Words and Their Fascinating Stories and Origins by Rosalie Baker and Tom Lopes (Hardcover - Dec 26, 2003)

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Excerpt - page 145: "... Etymology/Etymologist Etymos is the Greek adjective for "true" and logos is ..."

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Chambers Dictionary of Etymology by Robert K. Barnhart and Sol Steinmetz (Hardcover - Sep 15, 1999)

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Excerpt - page 1: "... Short History of the English Language The etymology of a word is essentially an account of its history. ..."

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Word Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone by Anatoly Liberman (Paperback - April 13, 2009)

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Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus (American Heritage Dictionaries) by Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (Paperback - Oct 13, 2004)

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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Joseph Twadell Shipley (Paperback - Feb 15, 2001)

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Etymology for Wordbrains Like Me by Norm Bomer and Rich Bishop (Paperback - Oct 4, 2007)

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (Oxford Paperback Reference) by T. F. Hoad (Paperback - Jul 29, 1993)

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Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (Wordsworth Reference) (Wordsworth Collection) by Walter W. Skeat (Paperback - April 1, 1998)

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Studies in Etymology, 2nd Edition by Charles Dunmore and Rita M. Fleischer (Paperback - Jul 17, 2008)

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