Etymology

bookfell

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Today it means: A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper. Full definition →

Middle English bocfel ← Old English bōcfell
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  1. Old English · inherited frombōcfell“parchment, vellum”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombocfel“parchment”
  3. English todaybookfell

From Middle English bocfel (“parchment”), from Old English bōcfell (“parchment, vellum”), equivalent to book + fell. Cognate with Old High German buohfel, puohfell (“parchment”), Middle High German buohvël (“parchment”), Old Norse bókfell (“parchment”).

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