▲ 231 ▼ What's an interesting etymology for a common term? (feddit.uk) submitted 3 months ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 child) I'm pretty sure book comes from the French world bouc, which refers to goat skin, which was used to make books in the Middle Ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Interesting. Maybe it's still related somehow if two different things were used to make the same item they somehow were named the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Interesting. Maybe it's still related somehow if two different things were used to make the same item they somehow were named the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent