Where does “codices” come from?

Codices derives from the Latin plural of codex, which originally meant the trunk of a tree before being applied to wooden writing tablets and bound manuscripts.

codices (English): plural of codex

Definitions

  1. plural of codex

Ancestry of “codices”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcodexAn early manuscript book; A book bound in the...
2Latincōdextree trunk; book, notebook
3LatincaudexA tree trunk, stump; A bollard; post; A book,...
Every word from Latin caudex →