466: Book Mar 18, 2016

It is easy to point out from where words derive, especially with caches of data available in books and online. Still, far more important is the reason or context behind any given word being used, instead of any other collection of sounds. 'Book' comes from Old English, 'bōc' which meant ‘a document or charter’, related to the word 'bōcian' which meant ‘to grant by charter'. Arguably more interesting is that it is related to the modern word, 'beech', the material onto which Germanic tribes carved runes.