Words ancient and modern.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word people
by: Sorel, Nancy Caldwell
Published: (1970)

The word ; a philosophy of words; a literology or science of literate characters: a psychology or logic of the Logos (soul); a word analysis or word treatise.
by: Beardsley, Edna Sarah
Published: (1958)

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

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)

English words and their background
by: McKnight, George Harley, 1871-1951
Published: (1930)

Horsefeathers, and other curious words
by: Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957
Published: (1958)

How to read a word
by: Knowles, Elizabeth (Elizabeth M.)
Published: (2010)

On the study of words
by: Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886
Published: (1994)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Borrowed words : a history of loanwords in English
by: Durkin, Philip
Published: (2014)

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

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

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

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

Take my words : a wordaholic's guide to the English language
by: Richler, Howard, 1948-
Published: (1996)

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

In a word
by: Ernst, Margaret Samuels, 1894-
Published: (1939)

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

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)

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

What's in a word? : etymological gossip about some interesting English words
by: Gorrell, Robert M.
Published: (2001)