myEtymology.com: English etymology of bookcase

Etymology of the English word bookcase

the English word bookcase

derived from 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

derived from the English word case

derived from the French word casse

derived from the Latin word capsa (box; cylindrical case, bookcase; receptacle for things)

derived from the Late Latin word capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-

derived from the Old Provençal word cassa

derived from the Latin word cattia

derived from the Greek word kuathion, κυάϑιον

derived from the Greek word kuathos, κύαϑος