Etymology

quotebook

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Today it means: A book of quotations. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷot
  3. Latinquot
  4. Latinquotus
  5. Medieval Latinquotāre
  6. Old Frenchcoter
  7. Middle Englishquoten
  8. Englishquote
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  12. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  13. Old Englishbōc
  14. Middle Englishbok
  15. Englishbook
  16. English todayquotebook

From quote + book.

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