Where does “βιβλιογραφία” come from?

βιβλιογραφία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek βιβλίον, from Ancient Greek βυβλίον, from Ancient Greek βύβλος, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

βιβλιογραφία (Ancient Greek): the act or habit of writing books

Definitions

  1. the act or habit of writing books

Ancestry of “βιβλιογραφία”, step by step

βιβλιογραφία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek βιβλίον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekβιβλίονStrip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any...
2Ancient GreekβυβλίονStrip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any...
3Ancient Greekβύβλοςpapyrus; book
4Phoenician𐤂𐤁𐤋Byblos
5Phoenician𐤀𐤋god, deity
6Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

via Ancient Greek γράφω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
2Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into
3Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “βιβλιογραφία

Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔil-Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋Every word from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋
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