Where does “empapelar” come from?
empapelar (Spanish) comes from Spanish papel, from Catalan paper, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
empapelar (Spanish): to wallpaper
Definitions
- to wallpaper
Ancestry of “empapelar”, step by step
empapelar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish papel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | papel | paper; role |
| 2 | Catalan | paper | paper; role |
| 3 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 4 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Spanish en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | en | in, at, on; in; used after some verbs and... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | en | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Spanish ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ar | — |