The User Friendly Dictionary etymology

My book on how to read a dictionary was written for those people who want to use the dictionary, but find it overwhelming with all those entries and tiny print.  Here is a sample from the section on the "etymology" part of the entry.  That's the part in [ ] or < > brackets that tells you what language and what word that entry word came from.
 This part is important for readers and writers of English because English is a composite language.  It is basically a Germanic language based on the Anglo-Saxon languages that were the dominant language in Britain from the withdrawal of the Romans (think of the British-Celtic King Arthur who fought these invaders) to the invasion of the Normans (Norwegian-French).    The basic structure and primary vocabulary is Germanic, and the majority 80% of English vocabulary is Latin-based as introduced by the French Norman conquerors.  For almost a thousand years the King's English was Angle or Saxon, and for the next three centuries the King's English was French.  That has a lot to do with the the Hundred Years War, the legend of Robin Hood, and Dolch's list of sight words.
Here is one of those exercise pages that encourage the student to explore the history of English.  If you like it, you can find the book or part of it on my sales page.  Just click on my photo above.