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Where does “e-library” come from?

e-library (English) comes from English library, from Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman French librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium, from Latin librarius, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber — shoe.

e-library (English): A digital library; a virtual library offering...

Definitions

  1. A digital library; a virtual library offering...

Ancestry of “e-library”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlibraryAn institution which holds books and/or other...
2Middle Englishlibrarielibrary, reading room; bookshelf, bookcase;...
3Anglo-Norman Frenchlibrarie—
4Old Frenchlibrairie—
5Latinlibrariuma bookcase; a library
6Latinlibrariusof or pertaining to books; a scribe, copyist,...
7LatinLīber—
8Old Latinloeber—
9Frenchloberto lob
10Frenchloblob
11EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
12EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
13EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
14Old Frenchlongitude—
15Latinlongitūdō—
16Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
17Latin-ē—
18Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
19Latincalceusshoe
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