bibliothecary

bibliothecary · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβῐβλῐοθήκη“library”
2. Latin · learned borrowing frombibliothēcārius“librarian”
3. English todaybibliothecary

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēcārius (“librarian”), from bibliothēca (“library”) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē, “library”), from βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on) + θήκη (thḗkē). Compare French bibliothécaire and Italian and Spanish bibliotecario. By surface analysis, bibliotheca + -ary or bibliothec + -ary.

bibliothecary · adjective²

From Latin bibliothēca (“library”) + -ary (“of or relating to”).