Etymograph

English

hornbook

From horn + book.

A compound of horn + book

Middle English horn

English horn

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 single page containing the alphabet, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, formerly used for teaching children to read.

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Etymograph / hornbook