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- catalog abstract "The life stories of over three thousand words in use in English today.".
- catalog contributor b4347168.
- catalog created "[1950]".
- catalog date "1950".
- catalog date "[1950]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1950]".
- catalog description "Bibliographical references included in "A note of thanks" (p. 405-408)".
- catalog description "The life stories of over three thousand words in use in English today.".
- catalog description "The story begins -- Origin of words of speaking and writing -- These words came from proper names -- Where words about human beings come from -- Word stories of the boudoir and the men's dressing room -- Sources of words of attitudes and emotions -- Romance behind business terms -- Word histories of your house -- Word histories of your garden -- Word stories about your dining table -- Where animal names came from -- Political terms and their origins -- War words and their histories -- Terms of sciences and the professions -- Romantic Stories of words about women -- Terms of religion and their beginnings -- Origin of the terms of art, music, and the drama -- Your favorite sports and their word histories -- Terms of place, time, shape, and size, and their origins -- A basketful of word stories --Word oddities -- The making of 50,000 words -- A note of thanks.".
- catalog extent "viii, 432 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Word origins and their romantic stories.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Word origins and their romantic stories.".
- catalog issued "1950".
- catalog issued "[1950]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York,".
- catalog relation "Word origins and their romantic stories.".
- catalog subject "422".
- catalog subject "English language Etymology.".
- catalog subject "PE1574 .F8".
- catalog tableOfContents "The story begins -- Origin of words of speaking and writing -- These words came from proper names -- Where words about human beings come from -- Word stories of the boudoir and the men's dressing room -- Sources of words of attitudes and emotions -- Romance behind business terms -- Word histories of your house -- Word histories of your garden -- Word stories about your dining table -- Where animal names came from -- Political terms and their origins -- War words and their histories -- Terms of sciences and the professions -- Romantic Stories of words about women -- Terms of religion and their beginnings -- Origin of the terms of art, music, and the drama -- Your favorite sports and their word histories -- Terms of place, time, shape, and size, and their origins -- A basketful of word stories --Word oddities -- The making of 50,000 words -- A note of thanks.".
- catalog title "Word origins and their romantic stories.".
- catalog type "text".