Offord Malcolm. French Words: Past, Present and Future

Multilingual Matters, 2000. — viii, 124 p. — (Modern Language in Practice). — ISBN: 1-85359-497-0; ISBN: 1-85359-496-2.Using an original mode of presentation, the ‘textbite’, this book seeks to approach the French vocabulary from as many angles as possible - showing how French words are constructed, the difficulties inherent in defining a word, the relationships words enter into, their origins, and recent trends in word formation. Examples and exercises are provided throughout.Words and Their Constituent Parts
Words
Words With a Long History
Words With a Foreign Origin
Words with a Short History – Neologisms