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If you're serious about learning the subject, begin with Word Origins... And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone, The Oxford Guide to Etymology, and The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English.
If you're looking for a more accessible introduction, however, try Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language.
I read this book a few years ago and remember reading about phonesthemes. I don't have it anymore so I can't point you to a specific chapter, but it might be a start for you.
Liberman, Anatoly. 2005. Word Origins… and how we know them: etymology for Everyone. Oxford University Press.