The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβιβλίον“paper, document, tablet”
- Latin · derived frombibliopōla
- English todaybibliopole
From Latin bibliopōla, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “to barter, sell”) — (compare with the etymology of monopoly).
Words from the same roots
Latinbibliopōla all →
bibliopoly
Ancient Greekβιβλίον all →
bibliophilebiblio-bibliologybibliopegy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.