Etymology

paperhood

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Today it means: Administrative documents and forms. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English paper
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The story

  1. Anglo-Normanpaper
  2. Middle Englishpaper
  3. Englishpaper
  4. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  5. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  6. English todaypaperhood

From paper + -hood.

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