Etymology

bindery

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Today it means: A workshop or factory where books are bound. Full definition →

English bind ← Middle English bynden ← Old English bindan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bindaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bindan
  4. Old Englishbindan
  5. Middle Englishbynden
  6. Englishbind
  7. English todaybindery

From bind + -ery (“place of”).

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