bookstave
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bocstaff, bocstaf (“letter; symbol; written character”), from Old English bōcstæf (“letter, written symbol”), from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz, equivalent to book + stave (inflected form of staff). Compare modern Norwegian bokstav, Swedish bokstav, Danish bogstav, modern German Buchstabe, modern Dutch boekstaaf.
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Noun[edit]
bookstave (plural bookstaves)
- (rare) Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”)
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