From Middle English bocstaff, from Old English bōcstæf, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstab, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz. Equivalent to . Cognate with Saterland Frisian Boukstäf, German Low German Bookstaav, German Buchstabe, Danish bogstav, Swedish bokstav, Norwegian Bokmål bokstav, Norwegian Nynorsk bokstav, Faroese bókstavur, Icelandic bókstafur. Likely a semi-revival of the Old English term.
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