The world in so many words :
Metcalf, Allan A.
The world in so many words : a country-by-country tour of words that have shaped our language / Allan Metcalf. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1999. - xviii, 298 p. ; 22 cm. - 422/.4 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvii) and indexes.
0395959209 (cloth)
English language--Foreign words and phrases.
Languages in contact--English-speaking countries.
English language--Foreign elements.
English language--Etymology.
422/.4
The world in so many words : a country-by-country tour of words that have shaped our language / Allan Metcalf. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1999. - xviii, 298 p. ; 22 cm. - 422/.4 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvii) and indexes.
0395959209 (cloth)
English language--Foreign words and phrases.
Languages in contact--English-speaking countries.
English language--Foreign elements.
English language--Etymology.
422/.4