library
‘place of books’
simplex — no productive affix
The same meaning in all five languages
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Germanic
French
Romance
Hindi
Indo-Aryan
Telugu
South-Central
Tamil
South
Stem
library
bibliothèque
पुस्तक
గ్రంథ
நூல்
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learned
Sanskritic
Sanskritic
native
English
library
library
French
bibliothèque
bibliothèque
Hindi
पुस्तकालयpustakālay
पुस्तक
Telugu
Tamil
நூலகம்nūlakam
நூல்+-அகம்collective / place
How the graph explains it
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01library is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
- rulerule:simplex
03library is borrowed from Anglo-Norman librarie ‘collection of books’ (confidence 0.85).3 steps
- rulerule:etymology-hop
- edgeedge:library-an-en0.85
- sourceoed0.85
04Aligned forms: French bibliothèque (translation equivalent); Hindi पुस्तकालय (pustakālay) (translation equivalent); Tamil நூலகம் (nūlakam) (translation equivalent); Telugu గ్రంథాలయం (granthālayaṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
- rulerule:alignment
Where it came from
Full lineage graph →- librarieAnglo-Norman— borrowed →library acceptedoed0.85