books about: etymological

books about: etymological

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Etymological

The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English (Spectrum)

Steven Schwartzman

The Mathematical Association of America, 1996

Something Pithy
Never have I found a more profoundly helpful text as this, Mr. Steven Schwarztman's opus. My love for this book is like the tangent of pi over two; it goes on forever! I reference it often and have bought several copies already. (for the living room, office, water ...

Russian Etymological Dictionary (Russian Studies)

Terence Wade

Duckworth Publishers, 2007

Russian Etymological Dictionary
This book will be fascinating not only for students of Russian or other Slavic languages, but for Indo-Europeanists in general. Some of the Indo-European etymological works I've seen are sadly deficient in Slavic or other eastern I-E languages, tending to dwell on ...

Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew: Based on the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

Rabbi Matityahu Clark

Feldheim, 2000

Extremely interesting--really 4 and a half stars
It's no Brown-Driver-Briggs, but it does its job. This dictionary treats the Hebrew language as the Holy Tongue, and therefore etymologically treats it in and of itself, and how the precise meaning of every one of these Holy words must be determined in order to truly ...

Breve Diccionario Etimologico De La Lengua Castellana/ Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language ...

J. Corominas

Gredos, 2005

El mejor diccionario moderno de la lengua castellana.
Aunque no supera al Diccionario General Etimologico de la Lengua Española, de Roque Barcia, creo que no puede faltar en el escritorio de quien desee conocer a fondo la lengua castellana.

An etymological dictionary of the English language by John Oswald.
John Oswald

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michiga, 2005

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.

A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English

Ernest Klein

University of Haifa, 1987

A concise and indispensible pleasure from Alef to Tav
I purchased my copy of Klein's masterpiece about 15 years ago, and it has remained a true and trusty friend over the years. I view it as a standard reference which falls somewhere between Reuben Alcalay's straightforward _Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary_, and ...

ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series)

Axel Schuessler

University of Hawaii Press, 2006

excellent reference book
This book is great for looking up Old Chinese word families and their Tibeto-Burman comparanda. Arranged by pinyin, cross-referenced and indexed, it's very handy. Right after I got it, a classmate asked me "where does the Mandarin question particle ma5 come from?" We ...

Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, 3 Volumes (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der ...
S. A. Starostin, Anna V. Dybo, ...

Brill Academic Publishers, 2003

This comparative and etymological dictionary of the more than fifty languages traditionally classified as Altaic is arguably the most comprehensive, systematic work as yet on the subject. Subdivided into five branches: Turkic, Mongolian, Tungus-Manchu, Korean and Japanese, it deals with the entire Altaic family. The introduction contains a ...

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Walter W. Skeat

Dover Publications, 2005

Rich reading
This is the pinnacle of 19th century Philology. The edition with which I'm familiar refers to "indo-aryan" roots. Undoubtedly, some of Skeat's misconceptions have been corrected, but the wealth of information here is amazingly interesting reading for anyone interested ...

Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names
Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton

Springer, 2004

The Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names explains the meanings of the scientific names given to all known succulent plants, including cacti. With the derivation of the currently accepted names of over 10,000 taxa, the dictionary is a useful supplement to the "Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants". It is a valuable reference for ...

A Gothic Etymological Dictionary

Winfred P. Lehmann

Brill Academic Publishers, 1997

Muy Excellente!
This may not be the top-selling item at Amazon, but it's an excellent book, put out by Brill Publishing (Leiden), who make great scholarly books. There's a Gotisches Etym. Wörterbuch out there by somebody, but this is much easier to use and more helpful (plus it's in ...

Spanish Vocabulary: An Etymological Approach
David Brodsky

University of Texas Press, 2008

Unlike other vocabulary guides that require the rote memorization of literally thousands of words, this book starts from the premise that using the etymological connections between Spanish and English words?their common derivations from Latin, Greek, and other languages?is the most effective way to acquire and remember vocabulary. This approach ...

The Origin of the Indo-Iranians (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series)
Kuz'mina, E.E., ...

BRILL, 2007

Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language

Francis Edward Jackson Valpy

Adamant Media Corporation, 2005

Highly recommended
In this etymological dictionary, Valpy attempts and successfully manages to represent the Latin language as a language mainly developed from Ancient Greek, a development of which its beginning is lost in time and reached its peak at the time of Augustus, when Latin ...

Etymological Dictionary of Grasses (World Biodiversity Database)

Springer, 1996

Many scientific terms that are being used are derived from Latin and Greek words. Prof. H.T. Clifford spent eight years doing research after the etymology of all the terms used for naming grasses. The result is an elaborate interactive glossary of more than 13,000 terms and their explanations. A multimedia introduction section explains about ...