myEtymology.com: English etymology of paperweight

Etymology of the English word paperweight

the English word paperweight

derived from the English word weight

derived from the English word wight

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wekti-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wegh-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wekhtiz

derived from the English word paper

derived from the Anglo-French word paper

derived from the Old French word papier

derived from the Latin word papyrus (papyrus, the plant; a garment or paper made from the papyrus plant)

derived from the Greek word papuros, πάπυρος

derived from the Latin word papurus

derived from the Greek word papuros, πάπυρος