ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- 1954 as a French word in English; nativized by 1965, from Fr. discothèque "nightclub with recorded music for dancing," also "record library," borrowed 1932 from It. discoteca "record collection, record library," coined 1927 from disco "phonograph record" + -teca "collection," probably on model of biblioteca "library."
WIKIPEDIA
A disc
(International
English) or disk (American
English), from Latin
discus which itself derives from Greek
δίσκος, is a flat circular object. It may also refer to:
THE FREE DICTIONARY
discotheque [ˈdɪskəˌtɛk]
n
(Music / Pop Music) the full name of
disco
[from French discothèque, from
Greek diskos disc + -o-
+ Greek thēkē case]
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