Etymology

bibliotheque

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Today it means: A collection of books or treatises. Full definition →

Middle French bibliotheque ← Latin bibliothēca ← Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβιβλιοθήκη
  2. Latin · derived frombibliothēca
  3. Middle French · borrowed frombibliotheque
  4. English todaybibliotheque

From Middle French bibliotheque, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē). Doublet of bibliotheca.

Words from the same roots

Latinbibliothēca all →

bibliothecabibliothec

Ancient Greekβιβλιοθήκη all →

bibliotheca

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.