I found something quite interesting (I hope it's not only for me ;-) yesterday, while i was learning Italian.
You are familiar with a building, which provides physical or digital access to material like sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library
In Germany they call it "eine/die Bibliothek", although book in German is "ein/das Buch".
In Italy it is "una/la biblioteca" and the word for book is "un/il libro" from the Latin word for book "liber".
Maybe something for the German learners: "lieber" in German means to like, or to prefer something or somebody more. For example: Ich trinke lieber Tee als Kaffee/I prefer drinking tea than coffee (so, I like tea more). It comes from the German word for love, "die Liebe". In German we also write in a letter: "Lieber Kostas", which means "Dear Kostas".
Back to where I was.
In many languages they use the Greek name "μία/ή βιβλιοθήκη: mia/i vivliothiki", from the words for book "βιβλίο(ν): vivlio(n)" and the word for to place something somewhere "τίθημη: tithimi" or the word case "θήκη: thiki". So, we have a case for books or somewhere we place books.
In English though they call it library, from the Latin, although the Latins called it "bibliotheca".
Why English, why?
In this discussion, I hope that you post words or phrases, in your language, that are weird or just beautiful.
Please write in English to practice it!
