Where does “papel japonés” come from?

papel japonés (Spanish) comes from Spanish japonés, from Spanish -és, from Spanish política, from Spanish político, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

papel japonés (Spanish): crêpe paper

Definitions

  1. crêpe paper

Ancestry of “papel japonés”, step by step

papel japonés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish japonés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishjaponésOf or relating to Japan, Japanese; a Japanese...
2Spanish-ésForms nouns and adjectives of nationality;...
3Spanishpolíticapolitics; policy; female equivalent of político
4Spanishpolíticopolitical; in-law; politician
5Latinpolīticuspolitical, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity
6Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
7Swedishpolitikpolitics
8Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
9Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
10Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
11Proto-Hellenic-tāts
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της