πάπυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Perhaps from Egyptian, since writing on it is widely believed to be original with the Egyptians.

Beekes notes that suffix *-ῡρ- is reconstructed for Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰ́πῡρος (pápūros) m or f (genitive πᾰπῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. the plant papyrus

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: papȳrus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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