English

spellbook

From spell + book.

A compound of spell + book

Proto-Germanic *spellą ‘speech’

Proto-West Germanic *spell

Old English spell ‘news’

Middle English spell

English spell

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 magic spells.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / spellbook