Where does “papel de Japón” come from?

papel de Japón (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.

papel de Japón (Spanish): crêpe paper

Definitions

  1. crêpe paper

Ancestry of “papel de Japón”, step by step

papel de Japón traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish papel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpapelpaper; role
2Catalanpaperpaper; role
3Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
4Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Spanish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishof; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
2Old Spanishdeof; -'s
3Latinof; concerning; about
4Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
5Latinposteablative singular of postis
6Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Spanish Japón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishJapónJapan
2PortugueseJapãoJapanese
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a