Where does “paperbark” come from?

paperbark (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.

paperbark (English): Any of several Australian plants, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of several Australian plants, of the genus...

Ancestry of “paperbark”, step by step

paperbark 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 bark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarkTo make a short, loud, explosive noise with the...
2Middle Englishbarkbark; The exterior layer of a nut or other fruit;...
3Old Englishbarcbark
4Old Norsebǫrkrbark
5Proto-Germanicbarkuzbark of a tree
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵósbirch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂
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