Where does “βιβλία” come from?

βιβλία (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.

βιβλία (Ancient Greek): nominative/accusative/vocative plural of βιβλίον

Definitions

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of βιβλίον

Ancestry of “βιβλία”, 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
4Phoenician𐤂𐤁𐤋Byblos
5Phoenician𐤀𐤋god, deity
6Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

Words derived from “βιβλία

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