Oxford University Press, 1966. — 1041 p. This text is the most complete and the most reliable etymological dictionary of the English language ever published. There are some 24,000 main entries, and with the derivatives, the total number of words treated is more than 38,000. Each word is accompanied by its pronunciation, its present-day meaning, the date of its first record in...
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. — 942 p. As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Often, however, our use of language is so automatic that we neglect to consider where those words came from and what they assume. What are the implications, beyond the simple dictionary definitions, of using words such as...