Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology -- Anatoly Liberman, Hardcover

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Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology -- Anatoly Liberman, HardcoverLost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old journals that they may as well be lost to the general public. In Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology, eminent etymologist Anatoly Liberman

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