Etymology

bookish

B3O1O1K5I1S1H4

Today it means: Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result. 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 todaybookish

From book + -ish.

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