Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·13 days agoInteresting! I thought it came from “book” somehow, but that doesn’t really hold up when I think about it.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 days agoWell it does! “Book” comes from the Germanic word for “Beech”, because we used beech to write on. Just like in the prior example.
Interesting! I thought it came from “book” somehow, but that doesn’t really hold up when I think about it.
Well it does! “Book” comes from the Germanic word for “Beech”, because we used beech to write on. Just like in the prior example.