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Springing from writer and journalist Mark Forsyth's hugely popular blog The Inky Fool and including word-connection parlour games perfect for any word-lovers get-together, The Etymologicon is a brilliant map of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. There's always a connection. Sometimes, it's obvious: an actor's role was once written on a roll of parchment, and cappuccinos are the same color as the robes of a Capuchin monk. Sometimes the connection is astonishing and a little more hidden: who would have guessed that your pants and panties are named after Saint Pantaleon, the all-compassionate?
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Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
2016, Icon Books, Limited
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Nov 14, 2014, Gildan Media and Blackstone Audio, Gildan Media Corporation
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1469090945 9781469090948
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The etymologicon: a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language
2012, Berkley Books
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0425260798 9780425260791
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Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
2012, Icon Books, Limited
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Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
2011, Icon Books, Limited
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Originally published: London : Icon Books, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
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