Where does “notebook” come from?

I can't write this etymology because the chain provided only shows repetition between "English book" and "English notebook" without any older language sources, intermediate steps, or meaningful etymological information. A legitimate etymology requires tracing back to source languages with documented meaning changes. This chain doesn't establish origin, only circular reference within English. To write an accurate one-sentence summary, I would need a chain showing progression through actual source languages (like Old English, Latin, Proto-Germanic, etc.) with their respective forms and meanings.

notebook (English): A book in which notes or memoranda are written;...

Definitions

  1. A book in which notes or memoranda are written;...

Ancestry of “notebook”, step by step

notebook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Book

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBookthe Bible
2Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
3Middle High Germanbuoch
4Old High Germanbuohbook
5Proto-Germanicbōk
6Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via English Note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNoteThe St. Louis Blues hockey team
2Middle Englishnotenote; Alternative form of not
3Old Englishnotuuse; enjoyment; profit, advantage, utility
4Proto-Germanicnutōuse, profit, yield
5Proto-Indo-Europeannewd-to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to...

Words derived from “notebook

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g-