byblos

The Greek word byblos, meaning papyrus, the name of the material upon which the ancient books were written.

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This stemmed from the Greek term τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια (ta biblia ta hagia), “the holy books”, which derived from βιβλίον (biblion), [4] “paper” or “scroll,” the ordinary word for “book”, which was originally a diminutive of βύβλος (byblos, “Egyptian papyrus”), possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port Byblos (also known as Gebal) from whence Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece.

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If you want to go even further down the wormhole, one online etymology dictionary suggests the word is originally a dim. of byblos "Egyptian papyrus," possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece.

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If you want to go even further down the wormhole, one online etymology dictionary suggests the word is originally a dim. of byblos "Egyptian papyrus," possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece.

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I had to check out the legendary rock-star party spot the Hotel Byblos, where Mick Jagger proposed to his first wife, Bianca, in room 401, and then returned for their media-crazed wedding (byblos. com; €594).

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From _papyros_ and _byblos_, the two Greek names of this plant, have come our own words, "paper" and "Bible."

Early European History Hutton Webster

[4] The word biblos or byblos, was afterwards almost appropriated to books written upon the paper of Egypt.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 Various

From the Greek names of this Egyptian plant, _byblos_ and _papyrus_, come our words

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

There flourished on the banks of the Nile a stout reed, six feet high, called by the Egyptians "p-apa" and by the Greeks "papyros" or "byblos."

The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman 1898

True, other materials have been used to write on before paper: bark of trees, skins of animals -- (parchment) -- cunningly worked fibres of plants -- (papyrus, byblos) -- even wooden tablets covered with a thin layer of wax, on which characters were engraved with a pointed instrument or

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