Where does “papere” come from?
papere (Italian) comes from Italian papera, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ.
papere (Italian): plural of papera
Ancestry of “papere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | papera | female equivalent of papero; error |
| 2 | Old Tupi | -a | — |
| 3 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *-aβ | — |