Etymology of the English word library
the English word
libraryderived from the Old French word
librairiederived from the Medieval Latin word
librarisderived from the Anglo-Norman word
librariederived from the Latin word
librarium (bookcase; library)
derived 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-derived from the French word
libraryderived from the Latin word
libraria (bookstore)
derived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of library in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
