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
Ancestry of “rakstāmpapīrs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | papīrs | paper; document; letters, manuscripts, notes,... |
| 2 | Polish | papier | paper; document, especially diploma,... |
| 3 | German | papier | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 5 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 6 | Old Catalan | paper | — |
| 7 | Latin | papȳrus | — |
| 8 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 9 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 10 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 11 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 12 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |