# The Romance of Words (4th ed.)

Author: Weekley, Ernest, 1865-1954

Genre: Category: Language & Communication

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23958

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Romance+of+Words+%284th+ed.%29+Weekley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The bulk of our literary language is Latin, and consists of words either borrowed directly or taken from "learned" French forms. The every-day vocabulary of the less educated is of Old English, commonly called Anglo-Saxon, origin; and from the same source comes what we may call the machinery of the language, _i.e._, its inflexions, numerals, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. Along with Anglo-Saxon, we find a considerable number of words from the related Norse languages, this element being naturally strongest in the dialects of the north and east of England. The third great element of our working vocabulary is furnished by Old French, _i.e._, the language naturally developed from t...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-words-4th-ed-23958/chapters/4/index.md)