Where does “glasspaper” come from?

glasspaper (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.

glasspaper (English): sandpaper; To sand with sandpaper

Definitions

  1. sandpaper; To sand with sandpaper

Ancestry of “glasspaper”, step by step

glasspaper 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 glass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglassAn amorphous solid, often transparent substance...
2Scottish Gaelicglasgreen; grey; lock
3Middle Irishglas
4Old Irishglasgreen, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the...
5Proto-Celticglastosgreen, blue
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃stós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a