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Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
Did you know that coconut derives from the Spanish and Portuguese coco for 'grinning face'? Or that giraffes used to be called camelopards? Or that walrus has its origin in Dutch, meaning 'whale horse'. — The Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins includes 1,000 word histories arranged across 100 wide-ranging themes, from food to phobias, from ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199683635
ISBN-10: 0199683638
Publication Date: 12/11/2014
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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