Excerpt from A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language One distinguishing feature Of this abridgement, as well as of my larger Dictionary, IS that all the forms cited can actually be found in the usual books of reference, except when marked by an asterisk, in which case they are theoretical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.