CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Our Vocabulary | [1] |
| II. | Wanderings of Words | [17] |
| III. | Words of Popular Manufacture | [29] |
| IV. | Words and Places | [47] |
| V. | Phonetic Accidents | [54] |
| VI. | Words and Meanings | [72] |
| VII. | Semantics | [86] |
| VIII. | Metaphor | [105] |
| IX. | Folk-Etymology | [113] |
| X. | Doublets | [139] |
| XI. | Homonyms | [155] |
| XII. | Family Names | [169] |
| XIII. | Etymological Fact and Fiction | [184] |
| Index | [205] |
The following dictionaries are quoted without further reference:—
Palsgrave, French and English (1530).
Cooper, Latin and English (1573).
Percyvall, Spanish and English (1591).
Florio, Italian and English (1598).
Cotgrave, French and English (1611).
Torriano, Italian and English (1659).
Hexham, Dutch and English (1660).
Ludwig, German and English (1716).