Etymology

cartolina

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Today it means: A large sheet of colored paper (usually in rolls). Full definition →

Spanish cartulina ← Italian cartolina
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  1. Italian · derived fromcartolina
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcartulina
  3. English todaycartolina

From Spanish cartulina, from Italian cartolina, ultimately from carta (“paper”) + -lina. Compare Tagalog kartulina and Portuguese cartolina.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.