Where does “scrúdpháipéar” come from?
scrúdpháipéar (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.
scrúdpháipéar (Irish): examination paper
Definitions
- examination paper
Ancestry of “scrúdpháipéar”, step by step
scrúdpháipéar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish páipéar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | páipéar | paper |
| 2 | Middle Irish | páipér | — |
| 3 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 4 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 5 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Irish scrúdú
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | scrúdú | verbal noun of scrúdaigh; examination, test |
| 2 | Irish | scrúdaigh | to examine |
| 3 | Middle Irish | *scrútaigid | — |
| 4 | Old Irish | scrútaid | to examine, to investigate |
| 5 | Latin | scrūtor | to search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate |
| 6 | Latin | scruta | rubbish, broken trash |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krew- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |