Etymology of the English word librarian
the English word
librarianderived from the Latin word
librarius (bookseller; copyist, secretary; bookseller; of books)
derived from the Latin word
liber (book, volume; inner bark of a tree; children; child; free; unimpeded; void of; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leudh-Derivations in English
librarianshipUsage
Word found in Modern English
