paupier

Champenois

Etymology

From Old French paupier or its variants (cf. papier), from Medieval Latin palperium, cf. paperium, from a Northern Italian or Catalan source, of semi-learned origin, ultimately derived from Latin papyrus and Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Noun

paupier

1. (Auve) paper

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110