The Oxford Guide to Etymology

ISBN: 9780199691616 出版年：2009 页码：358 Durkin, Philip Oxford University Press

The best introduction to word history ever published combines scholarship with readability. OED's chief etymologist shows how words originate and change. He explores the histories of place and personal names and explains how to use different kinds of evidence, historical as well as linguistic. This is a book for everyone interested in words.