Etymology

From Medieval Latin biblia ‎(“book”) (reinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia ‎(“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία ‎(biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον ‎(biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος ‎(bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος ‎(búblos, “papyrus”), from Βύβλος ‎(Búblos), the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 ‎(Gebal).

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