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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language is a non-fiction book by English writer Mark Forsyth published in 2011. [1] [2] [3] The book presents the surprising origin of everyday words used in English, with each definition being thematically linked to the next to provide a flowing narrative unlike reference books on etymology.
Mark Forsyth (born 2 April 1977) [1] [2] is a British writer of non-fiction who came to prominence with a series of books concerning the meaning and etymology of English words. [3] He is the author of best-selling [4] books The Etymologicon, The Horologicon, and The Elements of Eloquence, as well as being known for his blog The Inky Fool.
Page from a 14th-century MS that Gaisford used for his 1848 edition. Etymologicum Magnum (Ancient Greek: Ἐτυμολογικὸν Μέγα, transl. Ἐtymologikὸn Méga) (standard abbreviation EM, or Etym. M. in older literature) is the traditional title of a Greek lexical encyclopedia compiled at Constantinople by an unknown lexicographer around 1150 AD.
Borgmann recycled some of the material from this chapter, including the "buffalo" sentence, in his 1967 book, Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought. [6]: 290 In 1972, William J. Rapaport, then a graduate student at Indiana University, came up with versions containing five and ten instances of "buffalo". [7]
In addition to his literary criticism, Whiter published his etymological research, first as Etymologicon Magnum in 1800, then as Etymologicon Universale in 1822 (vol. 1 and 2) and 1825 (vol. 3); [1] August Baron Merian, a correspondent of Samuel Butler, stated that he "pit(ied)" Whiter, and described him as "(a) great etymologist—perhaps the ...
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Skinner left behind him some philological treatises in manuscript, and they were edited by Thomas Henshaw and published in London in 1671, under the title of Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ. [1] [2] This work was the first important etymological dictionary of English.
He was one of the project's most effective volunteers, reading through his large personal library of antiquarian books and compiling quotations that illustrated how particular words were used. [1] In 1910, responding to protests about Minor's treatment, Winston Churchill, then British home secretary, ordered Minor deported to the United States ...