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...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Irish pár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishpár
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a