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Christmas

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Christmas

Author / Creator

Tulloch, Alexander

Journal title

English today, 2009-12, Vol.25 (4), p.61-62

Language

English

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Contents

This professional linguist presents what he calls seasonal etymologies, exploring the ancient Greek, Latin, & Indo-European linguistic origins of many terms associated with Christmas, including 'hymn', 'carol', 'tree', 'wise', 'star', 'straw', 'magi', & 'angel'. S. Stanton

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Christmas

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Author / Creator

Tulloch, Alexander

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_85715062

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_85715062

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ISSN

0266-0784

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