English
giftbook
From gift + book.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give; to take’
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Proto-Germanic *giftiz ‘giving, gift’
Proto-West Germanic *gifti
Old English ġift ‘marriage payment, dowry’
Middle English yifte
English gift
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 designed to be given as a gift.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / giftbook