Where does “papeles” come from?

papeles (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.

Ancestry of “papeles”, step by step

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...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “papeles”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →