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Practical and reliable, this reference traces English words back to their Indo-European roots. Each entry features a brief definition, identifies the language of origin, and employs a few illustrative quotations. An extensive appendix includes lists of prefixes, suffixes, Indo-European roots, homonyms and doublets, and the distribution of English-language sources.Skeat, Walter W. is the author of 'Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780486440521 and ISBN 0486440524.
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