Cross-cultural

Posted by ESC on May 20, 2001

In Reply to: Cross-cultural reference material? posted by M.Mazzucco on May 19, 2001

: I understand there are a few different "derivation" dictionaries, from which either the earliest quotation of a word/phrase, or its etymological "history," can be somehow rebuilt.
: Is anyone aware, also, of the existence of some "cross-cultural" reference material, of similar kind?
: E.g., "this expression is originally found in colonialist-Spanish language, then was probably adopted..."
: Thanks

I'm not sure what you mean. Several of my phrase reference books will reference the fact that a particular English saying had its beginnings in another culture.

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