Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To apply paper to. · To document; to memorialize. · To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats. · To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
Made of paper. · Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper). · Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper). · Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros)bor. Latin papȳrusslbor. Old Catalan paperbor. Anglo-Norman paperbor. Middle English paper English paper From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
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