Where does “scrapbook” come from?
Scrapbook comes from English scrap and English book, which derives from Middle English booke, Old English bōc, Proto-Germanic būkaz, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots related to beech trees used for writing surfaces.
scrapbook (English): a book, similar to a notebook or journal, in...
Definitions
- a book, similar to a notebook or journal, in...
Ancestry of “scrapbook”, step by step
scrapbook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Book
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Book | the Bible |
| 2 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 3 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |