Re:Words that seem related but aren't (2015)
by xeromal on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:31AM
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I love the origins of English words. A book on the history of a ton of words would make for ana interesting read.
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Re:Words that seem related but aren't (2015)
by monkey34 on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:34AM
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Not a book, but https://www.etymonline.com/ has a ton of etymological data.
Re:Words that seem related but aren't (2015)
by mdp2021 on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:57AM
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Surely Etymonline (as also others noted nearby) - it is sequential (alphabetically of course) as much as hypertextual so it is equivalent to the text of a book;
from the actual "ISBN" titles, without too much of a system but as a preliminary scavenging read you may check:
Justin Cord Hayes - The Unexpected Evolution of Language
and
Nigel Rees - Why Do We Say
(Nigel Rees also being the conductor of the 500 episodes of the radio programme "Quote... Unquote". Very prolific writer, apparently, other titles from him could be relevant).
Suzy Dent has some good books out, like https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46140227-word-perfect
Re:Words that seem related but aren't (2015)
by loudmax on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:39AM
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Not a book, but The History of English Podcast is excellent: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/
Re:Words that seem related but aren't (2015)
by shever73 on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:07AM
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I enjoyed The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth.
Also, if you are a member of a public library, you can often get free access to the full Oxford English Dictionary online, which has detailed etymologies.