Devious Derivations

Dave Wilton, Friday, January 05, 2007

Rawson, Hugh. Devious Derivations: Popular Misconceptions--and More Than 1,000 True Origins of Common Words and Phrases. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994.

An excellent, readable book of word histories. Relies heavily on the OED as a source. For a popular press book, it has excellent reference citations.

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