papirosa

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάπυρος“papyrus”
2. Latin · derived frompapȳrus
3. Middle High German · derived frompapier
4. German · derived fromPapier
5. Spanish · derived fromcigarros
6. Polish · derived frompapieros“cigarette”
7. Russian · borrowed fromпапиро́са
8. English todaypapirosa

Borrowed from Russian папиро́са (papirósa), from Polish papieros (“cigarette”), from papier (“paper”) with the ending added from Spanish cigarros and the stem being from German Papier, from Late Middle High German papier, from Latin papȳrus, papȳrum, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros, “papyrus”), supposedly of Egyptian origin.

Words from the same roots