English Etymology: A Select Glossary Serving as an Introduction to the History of the English Language

Messrs. Kluge and Lutz here offer a select glossary of English words showing in brief articles the derivation of each word and in some cases the changes it has gone through before reaching its present form. As 'an introduction to the history of the English language' their work has the merit of being concise and handy in form. It is not, of course, and could not be, a rival to Prof. Skeat's large 'Etymological Dictionary, ' to which the authors frankly acknowledge great indebtedness, but for...