Etymology

BookTok

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Today it means: A book- or reading-oriented video on TikTok. Full definition →

English TikTokclip. ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. Englishtick-tock
  9. EnglishTikTokclip.
  10. English todayBookTok

From book + -Tok.

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