Traces the sources of over four hundred expressions and sayings used in everyday speech.
Charles Earle Funk Livres
Cet auteur explore le monde fascinant des mots et de leurs origines. Son travail examine comment la langue évolue et comment les histoires derrière les mots enrichissent notre compréhension. Les lecteurs peuvent s'attendre à un voyage de découverte dans l'étymologie, révélant des significations cachées et des contextes culturels. Son approche rend l'étude de la langue accessible et captivante.
Thereby Hangs a Tale - Stories of Curious Word Origins
- 316pages
- 12 heures de lecture
The book explores the etymology of words, revealing their often prosaic origins in languages such as Old English, Old French, Latin, and Greek. It reflects on the limitations of dictionaries, which provide only skeletal details about word origins, leaving much of the rich history and stories behind these words untold. The author draws on decades of research, initiated under Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, to delve into the deeper narratives that may have accompanied the evolution of language, acknowledging that many of these tales have been lost to time.
