bookstaff - Weblio 英和・和英辞典 (original) (raw)

語源

From Middle English bocstaff (“letter, written character”), from 古期英語 bōcstæf (“letter, written symbol”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstab, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz (“beechwood staff; written character”). Equivalent to book +‎ staff. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Boukstäf, German Low German Bookstaav, German Buchstabe, Danish bogstav, Swedish bokstav, Norwegian Bokmål bokstav, Norwegian Nynorsk bokstav, Faroese bókstavur, Icelandic bókstafur. Likely a semi-revival of the 古期英語 term.