Where does “rakstāmpapīrs” come from?

rakstāmpapīrs (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.

rakstāmpapīrs (Latvian): writing paper

Definitions

  1. writing paper

Ancestry of “rakstāmpapīrs”, step by step

rakstāmpapīrs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian papīrs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpapīrspaper; document; letters, manuscripts, notes,...
2Polishpapierpaper; document, especially diploma,...
3Germanpapierpaper material
4Middle High Germanpapier
5Old Frenchpapierto murmur
6Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
7Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
8French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
9Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
11Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Latvian rakstāms

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianrakstāmswhich can or should be written; indefinite...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a