A Dictionary of First Names

Hanks, Patrick

Oxford University Press（1990/10発売）

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製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 479 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780192116512
DDC分類 929.44

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1990. Ed. by Patrick Hanks. This new dictionary explains the origin and meaning of some 4,500 European (including British) and American first names in current usage.

Full Description

This dictionary explains the origin and meaning of some 4500 European and American names, while two appendices cover the most commonly recurring Indian and Arabic names. Entries give the ethnic and linguistic root of a name, cross-referring them to those closely related, and list associated cognates, masculine and feminine forms, variants, diminutives, derivatives and pet forms. Summarizing much historical and etymological information, this authoritative reference work will be beneficial to family historians, genealogists, linguists and the interested general reader.