Where does “repaper” come from?

repaper (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.

repaper (English): To apply new wallpaper to, either by first...

Definitions

  1. To apply new wallpaper to, either by first...

Ancestry of “repaper”, step by step

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...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →