Etymology

book-ridden

Today it means: Dominated or plagued by books. Full definition →

English book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. English todaybook-ridden

From book + -ridden.

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