πάπυρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from Egyptian, since writing on it is widely believed to have originated in Egypt, but no Egyptian cognate is known. Beekes notes that the suffix *-ῡρ- is reconstructed for Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πᾰ́πῡρος (pápūrosm or f (genitive πᾰπῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. the plant papyrus

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: papȳrus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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