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English language - Etymology

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    The Reverend Guppy's aquarium : and tales of other heroes of the English language, from the Earl of Sandwich to Joseph P. Frisbie / Philip Dodd.

    Dodd, Philip, 1957- | Date: 2007
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    Specimen of an etimological vocabulary, or, essay, by means of the analitic method, to retrieve the antient Celtic / By the author of a pamphlet entitled, The way to things by words, and to words by things [i.e. J. Cleland].

    Cleland, John, 1709-1789. | Date: 1768
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    The language of medicine, its evolution, structure, and dynamics / John H. Dirckx.

    Dirckx, John H., 1938- | Date: [1976], ©1976
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    A history of scientific English : the story of its evolution, based on a study of biomedical terminology / by Edmund Andrews, M.D.

    Andrews, Edmund, 1892-1941. | Date: 1947
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    Keywords : a vocabulary of culture and society / Raymond Williams.

    Williams, Raymond. | Date: 1988, ©1983
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