The world in so many words
Languages in contact
Influence on English
English language, history
Foreign elements
Foreign words and phrases
Etymology
Language and languages
English language
"In this book, Metcalf, a lifelong student of the English language, takes us on a tour of the world's languages that have contributed words to our own. From each language Metcalf selects and examines a representative word that we have accepted as one of our own and then reports on the culture that p…
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