Etymology

bookie

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Today it means: A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. Full definition →

English book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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bookie · noun1

Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.

bookie · noun, proper noun2

  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 todaybookie

From book + -ie.

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