Etymograph

English

papirosa

Papirosa comes from Polish papieros ‘cigarette’, from papier ‘paper’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek πάπυρος ‘papyrus’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάπυροςpápuros‘papyrus’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapȳrus‘papyrus (plant)’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350papier
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentPapier‘paper (material)’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentcigarros
  6. Polishmodernpapier‘paper’
  7. Polish, derivedmodernpapieros‘cigarette’
  8. Russianmodernпапиро́саpapirósa
  9. Englishtodaypapirosa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάπυροςpápuros‘papyrus’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapȳrus‘papyrus (plant)’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350papier
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentPapier‘paper (material)’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentcigarros
  6. Polishmodernpapier‘paper’
  7. Polish, derivedmodernpapieros‘cigarette’
  8. Russianmodernпапиро́саpapirósa
  9. Englishtodaypapirosa

Linked words

through Latin papȳrus ‘papyrus (plant)’

paper, papyrus, 4 more

Today it means

noun A style of Russian filterless cigarette.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πάπυρος / papirosa

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