Subject Guide ~ Literature and Creative Writing

The Oxford English Dictionary by Edmund S. Weiner (Editor); John Simpson (Editor)

Middle English Dictionary by Robert E. Lewis (Editor)

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Calvert Watkins

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language by American Heritage Dictionary Editors

Cassell's Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by Nigel Rees

Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic G. Cassidy (Editor-In-Chief)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.f. Hoad

Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins by Julia Cresswell (Editor)

Dictionary of Word Origins by John Ayto

Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Eric Partridge

Words in Time and Place by David Crystal

Word Origins by Anatoly Liberman

Word Routes by Alexander Tulloch