Library etymology

English

English word library comes from Latin librarius, and later Latin librarium (A bookcase. A library.)

Etymology of library

Detailed word origin of library

Dictionary entry Language Definition
librarius Latin (lat) (substantive) A bookcase. (substantive) A scribe, copyist, secretary. Of or pertaining to books.
librarium Latin (lat) A bookcase. A library.
librairie Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro)
librarie Anglo-Norman (xno)
librarie Middle English (1100-1500) (enm)
library English (en) (card games) The deck or draw pile.. (computer science) A collection of software subprograms that provides functionality, to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.. A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.. A collection of books or other forms of stored information.. An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed [...]