Is presumable related to book, and to tree.
the german for cotton is tree wool.
cotton was imported from china and was a luxury fiber till? (i don't know when!) it still was a luxury fiber as late as 1860!
Latin bombyx, bombycis, 'silkworm; silk; silk garment'; Medieval Latin bombax 'cotton' is a variant of bombyx.
Book is from OE
boc, nom pl.
bec pronounced [baych]. This is from the PIE root
bhago- which also gives us
beech, the tree.
Since we're on it:
tree,
true,
trust,
druid, and
obdurate, amongst a host of others, are from PIE *
deru- 'tree'.
Cool!
10. druid, from Latin druides, druids, probably from Celtic compound *dru-wid-, “strong seer” (From zmjezhd's link above.)
tree, true, trust, druid, and obdurate, amongst a host of others, are from PIE *deru- 'tree'. Ooh--and enduring? Trees sure are.
Ooh--and enduring? Trees sure are.
Yes, both from Latin durus 'hard' which the wood of oaks is.