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Where does “bibliopole” come from?

bibliopole (English) comes from Latin bibliopōla, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοπώλης, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον, from Ancient Greek βυβλίον, from Ancient Greek βύβλος, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

bibliopole (English): A bookseller, especially of secondhand or rare...

Definitions

  1. A bookseller, especially of secondhand or rare...

Ancestry of “bibliopole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbibliopōla—
2Ancient Greekβιβλιοπώληςa bookseller
3Ancient GreekβιβλίονStrip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any...
4Ancient GreekβυβλίονStrip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any...
5Ancient Greekβύβλοςpapyrus; book
6Phoenician𐤂𐤁𐤋—
7Phoenician𐤀𐤋god, deity
8Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

Words derived from “bibliopole”

  • bibliopolic
  • bibliopolistic
  • bibliopolism
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