Patrick Skipworth: Literally Amazing Words & Where They Come From, illustrated by Nicholas Stevenson (Second-Hand)

Did you know that the word companion once meant "with bread"... that caribou were named for their habit of shovelling snow... or that the ancient Egyptians weren't the ones who first called preserved bodies "mummies"?

Please note this is a second-hand book.

Format: Hardback

Condition: Very good used condition.