Etymology

paperer

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Today it means: A person who hangs wallpaper. Full definition →

English paper ← Middle English paper ← Anglo-Norman paper
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπάπυρος (pápuros)
  2. Latinpapȳrus
  3. Old Catalanpaper
  4. Anglo-Normanpaper
  5. Middle Englishpaper
  6. Englishpaper
  7. English todaypaperer

From paper + -er.

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