Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z (2nd Edition) The Rabbit Listened Tracking the natural beauty that

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Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z (2nd Edition) The Rabbit Listened Tracking the natural beauty thatThe 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