paper
Middle English
/paˈpɛːr/
noun
Definitions
- paper a thin, white, and flat writing surface made of wood
- A text, message or note; something that is written.
- A record or accounting document.
Etymology
Borrowed from paper derived from Latin papȳrus (papyrus, paper) derived from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (papyrus).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάπυρος
Gloss
papyrus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adpaper English
- artpaper English
- curlpaper English
- e-paper English
- endpaper English
- ferropaper English
- flypaper English
- glasspaper English
- newspaper English
- nonpaper English
- notepaper English
- oilpaper English
- paper English
- paper clay English
- paper cut English
- paperback English
- paperbacked English
- paperbag English
- paperbark English
- paperboard English
- paperbound English
- paperboy English
- paperbush English
- paperchase English
- papercraft English
- papercrete English
- papercutting English
- paperer English
- paperflower English
- papergirl English
- paperhanger English
- paperhanging English
- paperhood English
- paperish English
- paperknife English
- paperless English
- paperlike English
- papermaker English
- papermaking English
- paperman English
- papermouth English
- papern English
- paperphile English
- paperphilia English
- papershell English
- paperware English
- paperweight English
- paperwhite English
- paperwoman English
- paperwork English
- paperworks English
- papery English
- photopaper English
- repaper English
- sandpaper English
- spoil-paper English
- tarpaper English
- telepaper English
- unpaper English
- wallpaper English
- wastepaper English
- workpaper English
- *papīlus Latin
- paperium Latin
- papyraceus Latin
- papyrifer Latin
- papyrius Latin
- papyrus Latin
- papȳrus Latin
- Papier German
- papirusz Hungarian
- papiro Italian
- papyrus French
- paper Spanish, Castilian
- papiro Spanish, Castilian
- πάπυρος Ancient Greek
- πάπῡρος Ancient Greek
- papiro Portuguese
- ペーパー Japanese
- tapor Old English
- papirus Middle English
- paper Old French
- papier Old French
- paper Catalan, Valencian
- papură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- papīrs Latvian
- papero Ido
- pàipear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- papir Middle Low German
- 파피루스 Korean
- palperi Romansh
- palpier Romansh
- palpieri Romansh
- pulpier Romansh
- pupi Romansh
- pupier Romansh
- iphepha Zulu
- peba Marshallese
- iphepha Xhosa
- pepa Tok Pisin
- paper xno
- pepa Hawaiian
- liphepha Swati
- pepa Maori
- paper Old Catalan