Publisher's Synopsis
Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.
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Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.
ISBN: | 9780899195094 |
Publisher: | Clarion Books |
Imprint: | Clarion Books |
Pub date: | 01 Jan 1988 |
DEWEY: | 422 |
DEWEY edition: | 19 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 64 |
Weight: | -1g |