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Where does “e-newspaper” come from?

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

e-newspaper (English): A newspaper published in electronic form

Definitions

  1. A newspaper published in electronic form

Ancestry of “e-newspaper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnewspaperA publication, usually published daily or weekly...
2EnglishpaperA sheet material used for writing on or printing...
3Middle Englishpaperpaper; A text, message or note; something that is...
4Old Frenchpapierto murmur
5Old Catalanpaper—
6Latinpapȳrus—
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle French-é—
10Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-Italic-ā—
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →