papiro
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) papyrus plant (Cyperus papyrus)
- (uncountable) papyrus material made from the plant
- papyrus scroll or document written on the material
- (by extension) paper
- (by extension) A usually boring text or document.
- (by extension) A document given as proof of admission into the student world.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin papȳrus (papyrus, paper) derived from Ancient Greek πάπῡρος (papyrus).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάπῡρος
Gloss
papyrus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- paper English
- *papīlus Latin
- paperium Latin
- papyraceus Latin
- papyrifer Latin
- papyrius Latin
- papȳrus Latin
- Papier German
- papirusz Hungarian
- papiriforme Italian
- papirologia Italian
- papirologico Italian
- papirologo Italian
- papyrus French
- papiro Spanish, Castilian
- πάπυρος Ancient Greek
- πάπῡρος Ancient Greek
- παπύρινος Ancient Greek
- papiro Portuguese
- tapor Old English
- papirus Middle English
- paper Old French
- papier Old French
- paper Catalan, Valencian
- papură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- papīrs Latvian
- papero Ido
- papir Middle Low German
- 파피루스 Korean
- palperi Romansh
- palpier Romansh
- palpieri Romansh
- pulpier Romansh
- pupi Romansh
- pupier Romansh
- paper xno
- paper Old Catalan