Where does “párpháipéar” come from?

párpháipéar (Irish) comes from Irish páipéar, from Middle Irish páipér, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

párpháipéar (Irish): vellum

Definitions

  1. vellum

Ancestry of “párpháipéar”, step by step

párpháipéar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish páipéar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishpáipéarpaper
2Middle Irishpáipér—
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—

via Irish pár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishpár—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →