Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square217linkfedilink
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoInteresting! I thought it came from “book” somehow, but that doesn’t really hold up when I think about it.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.socialBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months 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.