Etymology

cartonnage

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Today it means: The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt. Full definition →

French cartonnage ← Italian cartone ← Latin charta
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekχάρτης (khártēs)
  2. Latincharta
  3. Italiancarta
  4. Italiancartone
  5. Frenchcarton
  6. Frenchcartonner
  7. Frenchcartonnage
  8. English todaycartonnage

Borrowed from French cartonnage.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.