Monday, October 3, 2011

Random book fact for the week ;)

The origin of the Latin word for book, liber, comes from the Romans who used the thin layer found between the bark and the wood (the liber) before the times of parchment. The English word comes from the Danish word for book, bog, meaning birch tree, as the early people of Denmark wrote on birch bark.

2 comments:

Shilpa Mudiganti said...

That's interesting. Wonder what our ancestors would say when they would see the e-readers! :)

Christina Irelan said...

Very true! I'm sure they would be dumbfounded! LOL