A book is a set of written or printed pages, usually bound together, that contain text, pictures, or both. As a verb, it means to reserve something, like a seat or a room.
It comes from Old English “bōc,” originally referring to written tablets, possibly made of beech wood, from a Germanic root also linked to “beech.” Writing and wood were closely connected in early times.
The same word that once named wooden writing tablets now covers e-books that have no pages at all. And when we “book a flight,” we’re metaphorically writing our name into a schedule—the idea of writing still hides inside the action.
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