paupier
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Champenois
Etymology
From Old French paupier or its variants (cf. papier), from Medieval Latin palperium, cf. paperium, from a Northern Italian or Catalan source, of semi-learned origin, ultimately derived from Latin papyrus and Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
Noun
paupier
- (Auve) paper
References
- Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110