English
schoolbook
From school + book.
Ancient Greek σχολή ‘spare time, leisure’
Late Latin schola ‘school, lecture’
Proto-West Germanic *skōlu ‘school’
Old English scōl ‘place of education’
Middle English scole ‘school’
English school
Proto-Germanic *bōks ‘letter’
Proto-West Germanic *bōk ‘inscribed billet, letter’
Old English bōc
Middle English bok ‘a document’
English book
Today it means
noun A book used, or prepared for use, in schools; especially, a textbook.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “schoolbook”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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