book

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A set of printed pages held together inside a cover, that you read.

   I am reading a good book about economics.

2. 2
   noun

   A set of sheets such as tickets or stamps fastened together along one edge.

   She bought a book of stamps at the post office.

3. 3
   noun

   One of the main parts into which a long written work, such as the Bible, is divided.

   The minister read from the book of Isaiah.

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Simplified etymology

Book goes back to Old English and has relatives in many early northern European languages. Their common ancestor was probably related to beech, perhaps because beechwood was used for engraving inscriptions.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Bookmaker sense by clipping. Cognates Cognate with Scots beuk, buik, buke (“book”), Yola buke (“book”), North Frisian Bok, buk, bök (“book”), Saterland Frisian Bouk (“book”), West Frisian, Dutch boek (“book”), Alemannic German Buech (“book”), Bavarian Buach (“book”), Central Franconian Booch, Buch (“book”), Ge…

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