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Where does “βιβλιοπώλης” come from?

βιβλιοπώλης (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.

βιβλιοπώλης (Ancient Greek): a bookseller

Definitions

  1. a bookseller

Ancestry of “βιβλιοπώλης”, step by step

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

Words derived from “βιβλιοπώλης”

  • bibliopole
  • bibliopolic
  • bibliopolistic
  • bibliopolism
  • bibliopola
  • bibliopola
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