500 Years of New Words |
Other editions - View all
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Limited preview - 2004 |
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Limited preview - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
adjective ancient Greek ancient Rome appeared in English appeared in print became began Brassiere Brave New Words Britain British called chap named Charles coined colonies describe discovered disease eighteenth century Encyclopedia England English language English word entered the English Europe European famous Fanny Hill France French Gasohol German gonorrhea Greek root Henry Henry VIII hundred Indians invented island Italian John King known land later Latin Latin root Lerici letter living London look magazine meaning Middle Middle English million modern native nineteenth century North America noun origin Oxford American Dictionary palimony palindromic person popular print in English produce published Queen quotation refer Roman Rome sailed ships someone Spanish spelling synonym syphilis tapeworm tells term Thou Uncommon Noun thousand took Toronto United verb William word comes word first appeared World War II writing wrote York young