The Etymologicon
by Mark Forsyth

The Etymologicon cover
Cover of The Etymologicon

Forsyth runs (ran?) a blog called The Inky Fool, which seems to have gone quiet. At the time I wrote the original post, the blog was a quirky look at word histories that led directly to this, his first book. He’s moved on a bit, I think.

See the discussion at Multo.