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2. Joseph T. Shipley - Wikipedia

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   His last book: Origins of English Words, was published in 1984 by Johns Hopkins University Press. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Shipley was an honorary overseas member of the Critics Circle in London, and was in 1977 awarded the Townsend Harris Medal by City College for his distinguished career in criticism.

3. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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   The article's lead section may need to be rewritten.The reason given is: the current lead (i) contradicts the content of the Word origins section and a prominent figure legend, (ii) contains statements only appearing in the lead (violating WP:LEAD), and (iii) presents statements unsupported by citation (anywhere, violating WP:VERIFY), and thus, (iv) appears to violate WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH.

4. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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   The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]

5. History of English - Wikipedia

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   About 10,000 French and Norman loan words entered Middle English, particularly terms associated with government, church, law, the military, fashion, and food. [20] See English language word origins and List of English words of French origin. Although English is a Germanic language, it has a deep connection to Romance languages. The roots of ...

6. Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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   Lists of English words of Celtic origin; List of English words of Chinese origin; List of English words of Czech origin; List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) List of English words of Dutch origin. List of English words of Afrikaans origin; List of South African slang words; List of place names of Dutch ...

7. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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   Words of the World: a global history of the Oxford English Dictionary (hardcover). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60569-5. Ogilvie, Sarah (2023). The Dictionary People: the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary. Chatto & Windus. ISBN 978-1-784-74493-9. Willinsky, John (1995).

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9. Old English - Wikipedia

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   The earliest history of Old English lexicography lies in the Anglo-Saxon period itself, when English-speaking scholars created English glosses on Latin texts. At first, these were often marginal or interlinear glosses; however, they soon came to be gathered into word-lists such as the Épinal-Erfurt , Leiden and Corpus Glossaries.