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The word BOOK is thought ultimately to derive from the same Germanic root as the name of the BEECH tree. The connection between the two may be an ancient reference to the carving of runic letters in beechwood boards, or of marking symbols in beech tree trunks.

The word BOOK is thought ultimately to derive from the same Germanic root as the name of the BEECH tree. The connection between the two may be an ancient reference to the carving of runic letters in beechwood boards, or of marking symbols in beech tree trunks.
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