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Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories

By David Crystal
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By David Crystal
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Travel through time with words that have shaped the trajectory of the English language across centuries.

The world of books has played a striking role in the history of English vocabulary. “Book” itself is one of the oldest words in the language, originating from “boc” in Old English, and appears in many commonly used expressions today, including by the book, bring to book, and bookworm, to name a few.

With the arrival of printing and typesetting, and the development of the newspaper indus...

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