Where does “notepaper” come from?
Notepaper comes from English note (from Latin notare, meaning to mark or record) combined with English paper (from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος).
notepaper (English): Relatively small writing paper used for writing...
Definitions
- Relatively small writing paper used for writing...
Ancestry of “notepaper”, step by step
notepaper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English paper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paper | A sheet material used for writing on or printing... |
| 2 | Middle English | paper | paper; A text, message or note; something that is... |
| 3 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 4 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 5 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |