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Etymology of the English word book

the English word book
derived from the English word bok
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhago-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *bokiz

Derivations in English

bankbook, bookbinding, bookcase, bookend, booking, bookkeeping, booklet, booklouse, booklover, bookman, bookmark, bookmobile, bookpaper, bookplate, bookrack, bookrest, bookseller, bookshelf, bookstack, bookstall, bookstand, bookworm, casebook, cashbook, copybook, datebook, daybook, guidebook, hornbook, jokebook, matchbook, nonbook, notebook, passbook, playbook, pocketbook, pollbook, promptbook, schoolbook, scrapbook, sketchbook, storybook, stylebook, textbook, wordbook, workbook, yearbook, blankbook, bookstore, checkbook, cookbook, overbook, bookbinder, bookcraft, lawbook, logbook, psalmbook, songbook, chapbook, pocket-book, bookmaker, press-book, stud, booked

Derivations in other languages

French flock-book

Cognates

Dutch boek, Dutch beukeboom, English beech, German Buch, German Buche, Icelandic bók, Swedish bok

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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