Where does “papyri” come from?
Papyri comes from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος, a word of uncertain origin referring to the papyrus plant and the writing material made from it.
papyri (English): plural of papyrus
Ancestry of “papyri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | papyrus | A plant in the sedge family, native to the Nile... |
| 2 | Middle English | papirus | papyrus |
| 3 | Latin | papȳrus | — |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |