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"This dictionary is the first major work of its kind in the 20th century, and as such, embodies the findings of modern philological scholarship. For example, full reference is made to Tocharian, the extinct language rediscovered at the end of the Nineteenth Century which often provides the key to the important transition form between the Old-Indian and the Indo-European group of languages to which English belongs. Several hundred words previously defined as being "of unknown etymology" are fully
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ernest Klein, 1899-1983
- Publisher
- Elsevier Publishing Company
- Published
- 1971
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780585483337
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language.: Dealing with the origin of words and their sense development thus illustrating the history of (1966)
- A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language : Dealing with the Origin of Words and Their Sense Development Thus Illustrating the History of (1971)
- A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language dealing with the origin of words and their sense development thus illustrating the history of ci (1979)
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