Why you say it / Illustrated by Henry R. Martin.

The romance of words
by: Weekley, Ernest, 1865-1954
Published: (1934)

What's the meaning? : A book for younger people.
by: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979
Published: (1956)

English words and their background.
by: McKnight, George Harley, 1871-1951
Published: (1969)

On the study words
by: Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886

Why do we say such things? : The stories behind the words we use
by: Chapman, Bruce, 1900-
Published: (1947)

A history of English in its own words
by: Carver, Craig M., 1947-
Published: (1991)

Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins
by: Quinion, Michael
Published: (2004)

How foreign words are welcomed and transfigured.
by: Strickland, Walter William, Sir, bart., 1851-
Published: (1931)

Words ancient and modern.
by: Weekley, Ernest, 1865-1954
Published: (1927)

Random words
by: Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, 1891-1974
Published: (1971)

Remarkable words with astonishing origins
by: Train, John
Published: (1980)

Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language
by: Horobin, Simon
Published: (2019)

Around the world in 80 words : a journey through the English language
by: Jones, Paul Anthony, 1983-
Published: (2018)

Word origins : -- and how we know them : etymology for everyone
by: Liberman, Anatoly
Published: (2005)

Strange vernaculars : how eighteenth-century slang, cant, provincial languages, and nautical jargon became English
by: Sorensen, Janet
Published: (2017)

Hot for words : answers to all your burning questions about words and their meanings
by: Orlova, Marina, 1980-
Published: (2009)

Words ancient and modern
by: Weekley, Ernest, 1865-1954
Published: (1946)

On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training-school, Winchester
by: Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886
Published: (1868)

Uncumber and pantaloon ; some words with stories
by: Edwards, Gillian Mary, 1918-
Published: (1969)

Words on the level
by: Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, 1891-1974
Published: (1973)

More about words
by: Ernst, Margaret Samuels, 1894-
Published: (1951)

A pleasure in words
by: Maleska, Eugene T.
Published: (1981)

Roots, family histories of familiar words
by: Davies, Peter, 1940-
Published: (1981)

Stories behind words : the origins and histories of 285 English words
by: Limburg, Peter R.
Published: (1986)

Spoonerisms, sycophants, and sops
by: Black, Donald Chain
Published: (1988)

Word origins and their romantic stories.
by: Funk, Wilfred J. (Wilfred John), 1883-1965
Published: (1950)

Questions of English : questions and answers about English words, their origin, use, and meaning, from the files of the Oxford Word and Language Service
Published: (1994)

Words and their ways in English speech
by: Greenough, J. B. (James Bradstreet), 1833-1901
Published: (1927)

Have a word on me : a celebration of language
by: Espy, Willard R.
Published: (1981)

A charm of words ; essays and papers on language.
by: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979
Published: (1960)

Pedigree ; essays on the etymology of words from nature
by: Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969
Published: (1973)

Origins of the specious : myths and misconceptions of the English language
by: O'Conner, Patricia T.
Published: (2009)

The spell of words
by: Levitt, John
Published: (1963)

The mother tongue.
by: Hogben, Lancelot Thomas, 1895-1975
Published: (1964)

Words in our time.
by: Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, 1891-1974
Published: (1958)

The hidden history of coined words
by: Keyes, Ralph
Published: (2021)