Where does “papīer” come from?
papīer (Livonian) 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.
papīer (Livonian): paper
Definitions
- paper
Ancestry of “papīer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | papīrs | paper; document; letters, manuscripts, notes,... |
| 2 | Polish | papier | paper; document, especially diploma,... |
| 3 | German | papier | paper material |
| 4 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 5 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 6 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 7 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 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 | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 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 | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |