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020 _a9780199112210
050 _aPE1580.A98
100 _aAyto, John.
245 _aOxford school dictionary of word origins: the curious twists and turns of the cool and weird words we use. /
_cJohn Ayto.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axiv, 494 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
505 _aContents: Introduction: School dictionary of word origins (A-L): Word origins by type and topic: New words -- Invented words -- Eponyms -- Onomatopoeia -- Supernatural creatures -- Food -- Pasta -- Back-formation -- Acronyms -- Loan translation -- Blends -- Conversion -- Initialisms -- Shortened words -- Elements -- Dinosaurs -- First names -- Folk etymology -- Space -- Fashion and clothing -- Science and technology -- Days of the week -- Months of the year -- Numbers -- Nations -- Languages -- Prefixes -- Suffixes -- School dictionary of word origins (M-Z).
650 _aDictionary.
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_cBK
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