It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories

ISBN-13: 9781851245055 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

Alexander Tulloch

Opis

Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce? This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind their etymological developments.