タイトル: Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning著者: Sol Steinmetz出版社: Random House Reference出版日: 2008年04月01日古本非常に良い。端が少し摩耗しているが、汚れのないきれいな本。製本状態は良好。ダスト ジャケットが付属している場合は、それも含まれます。リサイクル可能なアメリカ製の封筒で発送します。すべての注文に 100% 返金保証付き。A fun, new approach to examining etymology Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example: The word adamant came into English around 855 B.C. as a synonym for 'diamond, ' very different from today's meaning of the word: utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion. Before the year 1200, the word silly meant blessed, and was derived from Old English saelig, meaning happy. This word went through several incarnations before adopting today's meaning: stupid or foolish. In Semantic Antics, lexicographer Sol Steinmetz takes readers on an in-depth, fascinating journey to learn how hundreds of words have evolved from their first meaning to the meanings used today.
