The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is a notable etymological dictionary
of the English language
, published by Oxford University Press
.
Also published by OUP:
Etymological dictionary
An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the OED and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology....
of the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, published by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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- C. T. OnionsCharles Talbut OnionsCharles Talbut Onions was an English grammarian and lexicographer and the fourth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary....
, G. W. S. Friedrichsen, R. W. BurchfieldRobert BurchfieldRobert William Burchfield CNZM CBE was a scholar, writer, and lexicographer.Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, he studied at Wanganui Technical College and Victoria University in Wellington...
(1966, reprinted 1983, 1992, 1994) ISBN 0-19-861112-9
Also published by OUP:
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English language
- T. F. Hoad (1986)
- T. F. Hoad (1993) ISBN 0-19-283098-8
- An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
- W. W. SkeatWalter William SkeatWalter William Skeat , English philologist, was born in London on the 21st of November 1835, and educated at King's College School , Highgate School, and Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in July 1860. His grandsons include the noted palaeographer T. C...
(1963) ISBN 0-19-863104-9
- W. W. Skeat