bibliotheca
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a library room for books or collection of books
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (library, book-room), βιβλίον (small book, paper, tablet, book, document) + Ancient Greek θήκη (box, a case, scabbard, case, receptacle, covering, money box, sheath, sheath for sword).
Origin
Ancient Greek
θήκη
Gloss
box, a case, scabbard, case, receptacle, covering, money box, sheath, sheath for sword
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
箱
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biblio- English
- bibliology English
- -theca Latin
- -thēca Latin
- bibliothecarius Latin
- bibliothēca Latin
- theca Latin
- thēca Latin
- tēca Latin
- biblio- French
- thèque French
- βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- βιβλιοθήκη Ancient Greek
- βιβλιοπώλης Ancient Greek
- θήκη Ancient Greek
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- bibliofil Norwegian Bokmål
- bibliofil Norwegian Nynorsk
- bibli- Irish
- βιβλίο Greek (modern)
- βιβλιοθήκη Greek (modern)
- θήκη Greek (modern)
- bibliotekë Albanian
- תיק Hebrew (modern)
- ბიბლიოთეკა Georgian
- ⲃⲟⲩⲗⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ Coptic