THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
Reading edition
BY ERNEST WEEKLEY, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF FRENCH AND HEAD OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NOTTINGHAM; SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AUTHOR OF "THE ROMANCE OF NAMES," "SURNAMES"
"Vous savez le latin, sans doute?"— "Oui, mais faites comme si je ne le savais pas." (Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, ii. 6.)
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
First EditionMarch 1912
ReprintedJune 1912
Second Edition, Revised and EnlargedNovember 1913
Third EditionMay 1917
Fourth EditionJanuary 1922
ReprintedFebruary 1925
ReprintedJanuary 1927