Etymology

audiobook

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Today it means: A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book. Full definition →

English book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudi(ō)
  5. Englishaudio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  9. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  10. Old Englishbōc
  11. Middle Englishbok
  12. Englishbook
  13. English todayaudiobook

From audio- + book.

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