Etymology

papery

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Today it means: Of, similar to, or related to paper. 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 todaypapery

From paper + -y.

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