Incoming Resources
- The secret lives of words, Paul West
- The story behind the word, Morton S. Freeman ; foreword by Edwin Newman
- The Concise Oxford dictionary of English etymology, edited by T.F. Hoad
- Book of roots, a full study of our families of words, Duane Beeler
- What do you call a person from-- ?, a dictionary of resident names, Paul Dickson
- The Barnhart dictionary of etymology, edited by Robert K. Barnhart ; Sol Steinmetz, managing editor
- Abracadabra to zombie, more than 300 wacky word origins, Don & Pam Wulffson ; illustrations by Jared Lee
- Dictionary of word and phrase origins, William and Mary Morris
- Grand allusions, a lively guide to those expressions, terms, and references you ought to know but might not, by Elizabeth Webber and Mike Feinsilber
- The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins, Robert Hendrickson
- The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins, Robert Hendrickson
- A second browser's dictionary, and native's guide to the unknown American language, by John Ciardi
- A dictionary of epithets and terms of address, Leslie Dunkling
- Where words come from, Jack Umstatter
- Word histories and mysteries, from abracadabra to Zeus, from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries
- The roots of English, a reader's handbook of word origin, by Robert Claiborne
- The Oxford dictionary of allusions, Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock
- Webster's dictionary of word origins
- Why you say it, Webb Garrison
- Dictionary of word origins, John Ayto
- Southpaws & Sunday punches, and other sporting expressions, Christine Ammer
- The Oxford dictionary of word histories, edited by Glynnis Chantrell
- Dictionary of changes in meaning, Adrian Room
- Dictionary of catchphrases, Nigel Rees
- Ship to shore, a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea, Peter D. Jeans ; illustrated by Ross H. Shardlow
- Morris dictionary of word and phrase origins, William and Mary Morris ; foreword by Isaac Asimov
- Origins and meanings of popular phrases and names, including those which came into use during the Great War, London, T. W. Laurie [1925]
- The Cassell dictionary of word histories
- Loose cannons & red herrings, a book of lost metaphors, Robert Claiborne
- Hue and cry and humble pie, the stories behind the words, Morton S. Freeman ; foreword by Edwin Newman
- Word mysteries & histories, from quiche to humble pie, by the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries ; with illustrations by Barry Moser ; foreword by Robert Claiborne
- Toposaurus, a humorous treasury of toponyms : an entertaining assortment of familiar words and phrases derived from place names--and their colorful origins, John D. Jacobson
- Webster's word histories
- The fascinating origins of everyday words, Adrian Room