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Where does “pergamentpapīrs” come from?

pergamentpapīrs (Latvian) comes from Latvian papīrs, from Polish papier, from German papier, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine.

pergamentpapīrs (Latvian): parchment paper, wax paper

Definitions

  1. parchment paper, wax paper

Ancestry of “pergamentpapīrs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpapīrspaper; document; letters, manuscripts, notes,...
2Polishpapierpaper; document, especially diploma,...
3Germanpapier—
4Middle High Germanpapier—
5Old Frenchpapierto murmur
6Old Catalanpaper—
7Latinpapȳrus—
8French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
9French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle French-é—
11Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-Italic-ā—
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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