▲ 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
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 15 points 3 months ago Well it does! "Book" comes from the Germanic word for "Beech", because we used beech to write on. Just like in the prior example. permalink fedilink source parent