... books and articles:— Meiklejohn's "English Language," Longmans' "School Grammar, " West's "English Grammar, " Bain's "Higher English Grammar" and "Composition Grammar, " Sweet's "Primer of Spoken English" ... origin Husband is a Scandinavian word (AngloSaxon hūsbonda from Icelandic hús-bóndi, probably meaning house dweller); wife was used in Old and Middle English to mean woman in general King and queen ... such as talisman, firman, Brahman, German, Norman, Mussulman, Ottoman 51 Some groups pluralize both parts of the group; as man singer, manservant, woman servant, woman singer 52 As to plurals of...