The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology: 0

Book Overview

This book is a unique scholarly achievement-authoritative original scholarship designed to be a useful reference source for the general reader as well as for an important etymological resource for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824207459
• ISBN13: 9780824207458
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: H. W. Wilson
• Length: 1284 Pages
• Weight: 5.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 7.3" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Now re-released as the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology

This is the conclusion of an amazing 20 year project. The result is one of the best etymological references available today (and IMHO, certainly better organized and laid out than the Oxford E.D.). While the Oxford emphasizes British sources, the Barnhart's focus is decisively American. (So you should really get both.) LONG OUT OF PRINT - here's the good news, it has been re-released (1999) and is now available as the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, and at half the price the price of the U.S. Edition! Highly recommended.