Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z (2nd Edition) The Rabbit Listened Many favourites are here

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Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us

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a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden

Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z (2nd Edition) The Rabbit Listened Many favourites are hereThe average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800 neologisms are added to the English language: acronyms (nimby), blended words (motel), and those taken from foreign languages (savoir faire). Laid out in an A Z format with detailed cross references, and