biblioteca
/bibljoˈteka/ · B1 · noun · f
library
📚 biblio + teca = Greek biblion (book) + thēkē (case): a case for books
Greek biblion meant book, as in Bible and bibliography. Thēkē meant a case or storage box, the same ending found in discoteca (record store) and pinacoteca (picture gallery). Put them together and you get a place where books are kept.