papièr
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Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Occitan papier, from Latin papyrus (possibly via a northern Italian intermediate, itself a semi-learned derivative of Medieval Latin paperium[1]), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Compare Catalan paper, French papier. See also the Old Occitan inherited forms pabil, pabel, from Vulgar Latin forms *papīlus, *papellus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]papièr m (plural papièrs)
References
[edit]- ^ Etymology and history of “papier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.