Written in a fresh, accessible style, this book provides the derivations of over 21,000 English-language words without resorting to the use of abbreviations, symbols, or technical terminology. We also find an opportunity to examine how the sometimes backwards, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes illuminating ideologies built into our language affect our modern thinking. We see the evolution of ideas, as rootword connections that now seem arbitrary are traced to schools of thought from the past. What are the implications, beyond the simple dictionary definitions, of using words such as privilege, hysteria, seminal, and gyp? Browsing through the pages of The Barhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology is like exploring the historical, political, and rhetorical wonderland of our linguistic heritage. Often, however, our use of language is so automatic that we neglect to consider where those words came from and what they assume. As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

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