Where does “papier de verre” come from?
papier de verre (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.
papier de verre (French): sandpaper
Definitions
- sandpaper
Ancestry of “papier de verre”, step by step
papier de verre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French papier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | papier | paper |
| 2 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 3 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 4 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via French verre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | verre | glass; Object in this substance |
| 2 | Middle French | voirre | — |
| 3 | Old French | voirre | glass |
| 4 | Latin | vitrum | glass; a woad; a plant used for dying blue; woad;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wedrom | glass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wedro- | water-like |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |