English
fairybook
From fairy + book, perhaps a confusion of fairytale and storybook.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
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Latin fātus ‘oracle, prophecy, fate’
Latin fāta ‘goddess of fate’
Old French faerie ‘the sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or…’
Middle English faierie ‘the land or domain in which magical or…’
English fairy
Proto-Germanic *bōks ‘letter’
Proto-West Germanic *bōk ‘inscribed billet, letter’
Old English bōc
Middle English bok ‘a document’
English book
Today it means
noun A book of fairytales.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fairybook