Where does “Oslo paper” come from?

Oslo paper (English) comes from English paper, from Middle English paper, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

Oslo paper (English): Thicker rough-textured bond paper usually sized 9 inches by 12 inches or 229mm by 305mm

Definitions

  1. Thicker rough-textured bond paper usually sized 9 inches by 12 inches or 229mm by 305mm

Ancestry of “Oslo paper”, step by step

Oslo paper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English paper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaperA sheet material used for writing on or printing...
2Middle Englishpaperpaper; A text, message or note; something that is...
3Old Frenchpapierto murmur
4Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
5Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English Oslo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOsloFormerly called Christiania and Kristiania
2NorwegianOslo
3Old NorseÓsló
4Proto-Germanicansuzdeity, god; name of the A-rune
5Old High Germanhelmhelmet
6Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
7Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
8Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a
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