Book: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

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Title: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

Subtitle: The pioneering work on the roots and origins of the language

Author: Walter W. Skeat
Publisher: Wordsworth Reference
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 633
ISBN: 1-85326-311-7
Nordic Names shortcut: SKE

Index of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Key to the general plan of the dictionary
  • Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
  • Corrections and notes
  • Appendix
    • List of prefixes
    • Suffixes
    • List of Aryan roots
    • Brief index to the above roots
    • Homonyms
    • List of doublets
    • Distribution of words according to the languages from which they are derived
  • Supplement