Etymology of the English word paperwork
the English word
paperworkderived from the English word
paperderived from the Anglo-French word
paperderived from the Old French word
papierderived 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
papurusderived from the Greek word
papuros, πάπυρος
derived from the English word
workderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*werg-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*werkanUsage
Word found in Modern English