Etymograph

English

paper

Paper comes from Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάπυροςpápuros‘papyrus’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapȳrus‘papyrus’
  3. Old Catalanmodernpaper
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400papier
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500paper
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1812paper

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάπυροςpápuros‘papyrus’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapȳrus‘papyrus’
  3. Old Catalanmodernpaper
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400papier
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500paper
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1812paper

Earliest quotation: 1812, William Major, Theory of Money and Exchanges: “Why might not a Government annuity, the Principal of…”

Linked words

through Latin papȳrus ‘papyrus (plant)’

papyrus, 5 more

Today it means

noun A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πάπυρος / paper

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