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书籍内容提要: This is the most expensive dictionary of etymology in print. That said, you certainly get what you pay for. This is an exceedingly well-researched, well-written, comprehensive etymological dictionary, not to mention the superb binding (signature-sewn with a bonded-leather hardcover). It is probably a little beyond the budget of many personal users. For libraries, however, this volume is a must-have. Several hundred words previously defined as being "of unknown etymology" are fully analyzed, and this is the only comprehensive etymology that analyzes common first names, biblical and mythological characters, angels, saints and demons, and place names. Klein's work also provides thousands of medical, legal and scientific terms, as well as all roots and stems used to create compound English words. One reader, and acquaintance of the late author, wrote: "Dr. Klein possessed a quiet unassuming brilliance that shines through on every page of this dictionary. This Dictionary is an exhaustive and detailed etymology, with scholarship unrivalled in English." It is fortunate that the publishers have gone to the trouble of providing such sturdy binding and high quality paper/printing, for this book is going to get a lot of use in any library, private or public. Very highly recommended.

本书可谓是，英语语源学的里程碑式著作，收入词汇量非常大，想研究词源的朋友一定不能错过，不过价钱也很昂贵。

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淘宝：电子版：《克莱因英语综合词源词典》(Klein's Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language)

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非常经典的词源词典。以下是《汉语印欧语词汇比较》对该词典的评价：

　　……该书初版于1958年，是根据各语言此前完成的词源词典，吸取其丰富的资料和在编写方式上的长处，全部重新整理编写的（见作者自序，下同）。由于篇幅限制，E.Partridge排除了一些词。但是，他所设立的体系和横向的资料来源，使“Origins”“覆盖了更为宽阔的领域，尤其是对所有重要的词作了更为充实和透彻的解释”。未收入词条的是一部分科技术语、方言、行业术语和俚语，以及没有词源关系的外来词。这些没有收入的现代英语词条与追溯古印欧语词源关系不大，该书因此反而更明晰、精炼……由于荟萃了此前历史比较语言学的研究成果，该书收入的语言资料，特别是古印欧语资料相当丰富……。

淘宝：电子版现代英语简明词源词典

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