by Carlos Fisas · Planeta DeAgostini · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439560739
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«Palabras que tienen historia» is the etymological essay by Carlos Fisas, published by Planeta DeAgostini in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together more than a hundred words arranged alphabetically and reconstructs their history through etymologies, anecdotes and proverbs. It devotes between one and four pages to each term, relating the word to characters and popular sayings, thus showing how language is enriched by the culture that uses it.
Published by Planeta DeAgostini in 1997, the book includes a brief bibliography and an index of names.
For readers curious about etymology and cultural history who enjoy anecdotes about the origin of words.
born:1919|died:2010|; Fisas, Carlos, 1919-; Fisas, Carlos
