Library

:Alternative meanings: Library (computer science), Library (electronics), Library (biology)

Etymology of the word

The word is derived from Latin liber, which means "book." Derivations from the Greek Bibliotheke (from Biblos, book) are used in at least German, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Dutch, and of course Modern Greek. Other languages, such as Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian and Persian, use words that derive from their own words for book (Bokasafn, Kirjasto, and Raamatukogu and Ketabkhaneh, respectively). Some European languages use a cognate of library to mean bookshop.

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Latin - Greek - German - French - Norwegian - Spanish - Swedish - Danish - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Dutch - Modern Greek - Icelandic - Finnish - Estonian - Persian - Cognate - Bookshop

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• For more translations of the word, see the Wiktionary entry for library: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Library.