Ernest Weekley

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Ernest Weekley

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According to Wikipedia, Ernest Weekley was a British philologist, best known as the author of a number of works on etymology. His An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English has been cited as a source by most authors of similar books over the 90 years since it was published. From 1898 to 1938, he was Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham.

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Ernest Weekley's Published Works

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A concise etymological dictionary of modern English (1952) (12)
The Romance Of Words (1961) (8)
The Romance of Names (4)
Words ancient and modern (4)
The English language (1952) (3)
Words and names (1933) (2)
VIII.—ANGLO‐ROMANCE ETYMOLOGIES (1908) (1)
Something about words (1936) (1)
More words ancient and modern (1)
ENGLISH RIVER-NAMES . By Eilert Ekwall. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1928. pp. xcii, 488. 25s. (1929) (0)
Etymology of "Rile" (1918) (0)
Sacheverell and Tacey (1951) (0)
The English language : with a chapter on the history of American English by Professor John W. Clark (1952) (0)
Christian Name Maude: Maude Matilda (1940) (0)
The tutorial French accidence (0)
English "Ca(u)lk," French "Calfater" (1910) (0)
Dominoes: Their origin (1911) (0)
Cane (or Ken) Wood (1921) (0)
Tavern names of military origin (1925) (0)
SOME DISPUTED ETYMOLOGIES (1939) (0)
XIII.—ETYMOLOGIES, CHIEFLY ANGLO-FRENCH (1910) (0)
Saxo grammaticus, or, First aid for the best-seller (0)
The English language : with notes and suggestions for study (1958) (0)
The matriculation French course (0)
THE PLACE-NAMES OF WORCESTERSHIRE . By A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton in collaboration with F. T. S. Houghton. English Place-Name Society, vol. 4. Cambridge University Press, 1927. 20s. (1928) (0)
"Bowler" and "Billycock" (1938) (0)
'To Appoint. Milton, Samson Agonistes, 373 (1908) (0)
PROPER NAMES AND COMMON NOUNS (1933) (0)
Naming of Ships: Fubbs (1925) (0)
Junior school course, or the preceptors' French course (0)
New gem dictionary (1954) (0)
Wilton, a traveller (1939) (0)
"Caulker," A dram of spirits (1912) (0)
Don Cesar De Bazan (1938) (0)
OUR EARLIER ETYMOLOGISTS. (1931) (0)
Cruelty to words, or, First aid for the best-seller (0)
Peasant family surnames: specimens mainly confined to single counties (1942) (0)
"Shark": Its derivation (1910) (0)
X.—MORE ANGLO-FRENCH ETYMOLOGIES (1908) (0)
English "Mullion," French "Meneau" (1909) (0)
Collins' senior etymological dictionary (0)
"To Prune" and "to Prime" (1918) (0)
The Etymology of "Roister" (1912) (0)
"Pips" on cards and dice (1910) (0)
Etymology of "Codlin" (1935) (0)

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University of Nottingham