Where does “ביבליאָטעקעראין” come from?
ביבליאָטעקעראין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ביבליאָטעקער, from Yiddish ביבליאָטעק, from French bibliothèque, from Middle French bibliotheque, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη, from Ancient Greek -θήκη, from Ancient Greek θήκη — to do, put, place.
ביבליאָטעקעראין (Yiddish): female librarian
Ancestry of “ביבליאָטעקעראין”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | ביבליאָטעקער | librarian |
| 2 | Yiddish | ביבליאָטעק | library |
| 3 | French | bibliothèque | library; bookcase |
| 4 | Middle French | bibliotheque | — |
| 5 | Latin | bibliothēca | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βιβλιοθήκη | bookcase; library; records office |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -θήκη | Deverbal suffix from τίθημι , typically... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | θήκη | box, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |