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Where does “parcheminé” come from?

parcheminé (French) comes from French parchemin, from Old French parchemin, from Vulgar Latin pergamēna, from Latin Pergamenus, from Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

parcheminé (French): wrinkled; papery

Definitions

  1. wrinkled; papery

Ancestry of “parcheminé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparcheminparchment
2Old Frenchparcheminparchment
3Vulgar Latinpergamēna—
4LatinPergamenus—
5Ancient GreekΠεργαμηνόςof Pergamun; of Pergamon
6Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
7Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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