Paper

Morpheme

Paper

Type

free base

Denotation

material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances

Etymology

Middle English paper; Anglo-Norman paper; Old Catalan paper; Latin papȳrus; Ancient Greek pápuros

Evidence

buckypaper, curlpaper, ferropaper, flypaper, newspaper, nonpaper, paper, paperback, paperbark, paperbound, paperboy, paperbush, papercraft, papered, paperfolding, papergirl, papering, paperish, paperless, papermaker, papers, papery, repaper, sandpaper, unpaper, unpapered

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable