The Macmillan Company, 1959. Second edition cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket of Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Eric Partridge.

"A new major dictionary from Eric Partridge is an important event. This work is an etymological dictionary of the 12,000 commonest words in modern English. That is to say, there are about 12,000 main entries; with the sub-entries the number of words treated is about 20,000... All the longer entries are written in continuous narrative or descriptive English."

Good condition. Very light spotting to the edge of the page block. Dust jacket price clipped and protected in mylar.