Etymology

booker

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Today it means: One who makes a reservation. Full definition →

Middle English bokere ← Old English bōcere
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombōcere“scribe”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombokere
  3. English todaybooker

From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.

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