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Where does “librarie” come from?

librarie (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman French librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium, from Latin librarius, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

librarie (Middle English): library, reading room; bookshelf, bookcase;...

Definitions

  1. library, reading room; bookshelf, bookcase;...

Ancestry of “librarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Norman Frenchlibrarie—
2Old Frenchlibrairie—
3Latinlibrariuma bookcase; a library
4Latinlibrariusof or pertaining to books; a scribe, copyist,...
5LatinLīber—
6Old Latinloeber—
7Frenchloberto lob
8Frenchloblob
9EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
10EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
11EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
12Old Frenchlongitude—
13Latinlongitūdō—
14Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
15Latin-ē—
16Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
17Latincalceusshoe
18Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
19Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “librarie”

  • library
  • librarian
  • librarianship
  • interlibrary
  • nonlibrary
  • sublibrarian
  • nonlibrarian
  • multilibrary
  • librarylike
  • librarying
  • sublibrary
  • librarial
  • videolibrary
  • cyberlibrary
  • librametry
  • e-library
  • unlibrarianly
  • libraryless
  • e-librarian
  • librarianlike
  • librarianly
  • librarious
  • librariana
  • ライブラリー
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