Introduction
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Ten Words Derived from Places in Britain
II
Ten Words Derived from Places in France
III
Ten Words Derived from Places in Ancient Greece
IV
Ten Words Derived from Places in Europe
V
Ten Words Derived from Places in America
VI
Ten British Words Not Used in American English
VII
Ten Words Borrowed from Unusual Languages
VIII
Ten Words Invented by Shakespeare
IX
Ten Words Invented by Other Writers
X
Ten Words Derived from ‘Head’
XI
Ten Words Derived from ‘Heart’
XII
Ten Words Derived from ‘Hand’
XIII
Ten Words Derived from ‘Foot’
XIV
Ten Words Derived from ‘Light’
XV
Ten Words Derived from ‘Bird’
XVI
Ten Words Derived from ‘Mother’
XVII
Ten Words Derived from ‘Father’
XVIII
Ten Words Derived from ‘Word’
XIX
Ten Words Derived from Numbers
XX
Ten Words Derived from Colours
XXI
Ten Words Derived from Shapes
XXII
Ten Words Derived from Food
XXIII
Ten Words Derived from Clothing
XXIV
Ten Words Derived from Music
XXV
Ten Words Derived from the Theatre
XXVI
Ten Words Derived from Literary Characters
XXVII
Ten Words Derived from Greek Mythology
XXVIII
Ten Words Derived from Sports and Games
XXIX
Ten Words Derived from Falconry
XXX
Ten Words Derived from Horses
XXXI
Ten Words Derived from Animals
XXXII
Ten Words Derived from Rocks and Stones
XXXIII
Ten Words Derived from Waterways
XXXIV
Ten Words Derived from the Human Body
XXXV
Ten Words Derived from Medicine
XXXVI
Ten Words Derived from Punishments
XXXVII
Ten Words Derived from Weapons and Warfare
XXXVIII
Ten Words Derived from People
XXXIX
Ten First Names in the Dictionary
XL
Ten Magic Words
XLI
Ten Animal Names
XLII
Ten Things You Didn’t Know Had Names
XLIII
Ten Portmanteaux
XLIV
Ten Words that Were Originally Phrases
XLV
Ten Imitative Words
XLVI
Ten Words with Unusual Alternative Meanings
XLVII
Ten Fake Words
XLVIII
Ten Folk Etymologies
XLIX
Ten Words of Unknown Origin
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Ten Words of Unusual Origin
Index