bibliotheca

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβιβλιοθήκη“library”
2. Latin · learned borrowing frombibliothēca
3. English todaybibliotheca

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, borrowed from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). Equivalent to biblio- + -theca. Doublet of bibliotheque.

Words from the same roots