Where does “bookie” come from?
Bookie comes from English -ie (informal diminutive suffix) added to book, which derives from English -y, Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
bookie (English): A bookmaker, being a person who, or business...
Definitions
- A bookmaker, being a person who, or business...
Ancestry of “bookie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bookmaker | A person who prints or binds books; A person who... |
| 2 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 3 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 4 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 5 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 6 | Emilian | mâcia | — |
| 7 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |
Words derived from “bookie”