songbook

Meaning

Noun

• A book containing songs.

Origin

• From Middle English song boke, from Old English sangbōc ("a music book; songbook"), equivalent to song + book. Compare Saterland Frisian Songbouk ("songbook"), West Frisian sjongboek ("songbook"), Dutch zangboek ("songbook"), German Low German Sangbook ("songbook; hymnbook; hymnal"), German Gesangbuch ("songbook; hymnbook; hymnal"), Danish sangbog ("songbook"), Swedish sångbok ("songbook"), Icelandic söngbók ("songbook").