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Words of a Feather

Hardcover • 2015 • English

Words of a Feather

By Graeme Donald

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About the book

In this quirky and humorous volume, Graeme Donald explores the fascinating links and curious connections between words. While at first these word pairs may appear to have very little in common, owing to years of linguistic shift, their origins can be traced back to the same root. In exploring these etymological twins,

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ISBN

9781784188146

Publisher

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Words of a Feather

Format

Hardcover

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