Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “papirologo” come from?

papirologo (Italian) comes from Italian papiro, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

papirologo (Italian): papyrologist

Definitions

  1. papyrologist

Ancestry of “papirologo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpapiropapyrus; paper; A usually boring text or document
2Latinpapȳrus—
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →