So, this one is a bit late, sorry! I came home yesterday to no electricity, which makes blogging tricky!
Anyhoo, a bit of word history for you today. The word bookmark comes from two roots. Book from the old German word buch, meaning beech tree and Mark from an old english word, mearc, meaning boundary. Mearc comes from a norse word, mork, meaning forest. So Bookmark comes from collection of words meaning a forest of beech trees!
This one is courtesy of Mark Forsyth and his fab new book "The Etymologicon." Check out his blog at blog.inkyfool.com or he is @inkyfool on twitter. His book is really good, and i think that some other bits may make their way into my blog too!
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