{"product_id":"into-the-words-jess-zafarris-9781399821223","title":"Into the Words: An Etymologist's Field Guide to Plants, Animals, and Nature","description":"Which animal holds the record for having the most common names? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When and why did we stop calling giraffes \"camel-leopards\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Do mushrooms have anything to do with mush or rooms? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why are dandelions named after lions' teeth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How should you \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e pluralize \"octopus\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Find out how and why raccoons are named after their hands, squirrels after their tails and olives after their oil. Discover why \"dog\" is an etymological mystery and \"bear\" contains a hair-raising horror story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Follow trails word history in the etymological excursion that is \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ento the Words\u003c\/i\u003e. This book puts the fun in fungi, leaves language lovers contemplating forest for its trees, and reveals the wonderful stories hiding in our words for birds, beasts, insects, flowers, soil and everything in between. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring both the origins of the names of different organisms, this book will captivate anyone who revels in both the glorious chaos and logic of the English language and the beauty and majesty of everything that lives on the planet Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jess Zafarris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399821229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399821223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chambers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.50w x 0.89d","brand":"Jess Zafarris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520230863103,"sku":"9781399821223","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a476af3-f902-4350-ab6a-db6d12989bcc.jpg?v=1778741519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/into-the-words-jess-zafarris-9781399821223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}