The Barnhart dictionary of etymology

1326 Pages·1988·148.672 MB·English

by  Sol Steinmetz, Robert K. Barnhart

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BARNHARI
DICTIONARY
ETYMOLOGY

BARNHART
DICTIONARY
OF
ETYMOLOGY
Robert K. Barnhart, Editor
Sol Steinmetz, Managing Editor
THE H.W. WILSON COMPANY « 1988
Theology Library
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
AT CLAREMONT
Californie
Copyright © 1988 by The H. W. Wilson Company.
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First Printing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Barnhart dictionary of etymology / edited by Robert K. Barnhart ;
p- cm.
Bibliography: p.
ISBN 0—8242-0745-9
1. English language—Etymology—Dictionaries. I. Barnhart,
Robert K.
PE1580.B35 1988
422° .03—dc19 87-27994
CIP
Book design by Martin Connell
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Table of Contents
SESY EP WA eaep hca ges at rs alge ba a a ares PAL RN ry Vii
Editorial Committee of Contributing Scholars..................... x
Original Committee of Contributing Scholars.....................xi
oCTUTHTE T SEL vee: pega aan, a a Renate cee ae eal. 4c xii
SEL EEDA COL RENO) FSSA E Tis Sees eee ER a Os, eR eS 4
BOE ViatiOns,OL LicuOnary: LIVES... <5 o<n owns acon fa ncccence.cXeV I
RarCI AC ONO CY ee ac cies he ns cise ce MES « ie yess cae ne XVii
Short History of the English Language by Einar Haugen...... XViii
General Statement on Proto-Germanic and
frao-buropean.Dy Ralph. Ua. Ward cng. s- sins sy ances oat ie ep XXiv
RETO) RESTS U2T eN y sig eagle al ane ee apt nS aaa vee eve IA Re PD CP 1
Glossary of Language Names and Linguistic Terms ........... 1259
Glossary of Early Literary Works Cited ......................: 1275
RPOCA EAD Y ger meer a eC aceon an on oe Les yn Ge ae Aa 1283