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Where does “papeterie” come from?

papeterie (French) comes from French papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

papeterie (French): papermaking; papermaker; papeterie

Definitions

  1. papermaking; papermaker; papeterie

Ancestry of “papeterie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpapierpaper
2Old Frenchpapierto murmur
3Old Catalanpaper—
4Latinpapȳrus—
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “papeterie”

  • papeterie
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