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Where does “papier” come from?

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

papier (Polish): paper; document, especially diploma,...

Definitions

  1. paper; document, especially diploma,...

Ancestry of “papier”, step by step

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

Words derived from “papier”

  • папироса
  • papiery
  • papieros
  • papierek
  • papierowy
  • პაპიროსი
  • פּאַפּיראָס
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →