The American Heritage dictionary of the English language

Introduction / Joseph P. Pickett

Editorial and production staff

Special contributors and consultants

The usage panel

Variation and change in our living language / John R. Rickford

Usage in The American heritage dictionary / Steven Pinker

Guide to the dictionary

Pronunciation key

Dictionary of the English language

Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans / Calvert Watkins

Guide to Appendix I

Indo-European sound correspondences

Appendix I: Indo-European roots

Proto-Semitic language and culture / John Huehnergard

Guide to Appendix II and chart of the Semitic family tree

Appendix II: Semitic roots.