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papaw (n.)[papaw 词源字典]: 1620s, variant of papaya (q.v.), used from 1760 to designate the papaw tree.[papaw etymology, papaw origin, 英语词源]
papaya (n.): 1590s for fruit, 1610s for tree, from Spanish, probably from Arawakan (West Indies) papaya.
paper (n.): mid-14c., from Anglo-French paper, Old French papier "paper, document," from Latin papyrus "paper, paper made of papyrus stalks" (see papyrus).

Meaning "paper money" attested from 1722. As shortened form of newspaper, first attested 1640s. In plural, "collection of papers to establish one's identity, credentials, etc.," it is attested from 1680s. Paper chase is British slang from 1932.
paper (v.): 1590s, "to write down on paper," from paper (n.). Meaning "to decorate a room with paper hangings" is from 1774. Related: Papered; papering. Verbal phrase paper over in the figurative sense is from 1955, from the notion of hiding plaster cracks with wallaper.
paper (adj.): 1590s, from paper (n.). Figurative of something flimsy or unsubstantial from 1716. Paper tiger (1952) translates Chinese tsuh lao fu, popularized by Mao Zedong. Paper doll attested from 1849; paper plate from 1723.
paper-weight (n.): "heavy object used to hold down papers," 1858, from paper (n.) + weight (n.).
paperback (n.): 1899, from paper (n.) + back (n.). Adjective paper-backed attested from 1888.
paperless (adj.): 1938 of cigarettes; 1967 of banks; 1971 of offices, from paper (n.) + -less.
paperwork (n.): 1580s, "things made of paper," from paper (n.) + work (n.). Meaning "work done on paper" is from 1889.
papier-mache (n.): also papier mache, 1753, from French papier-mâché, literally "chewed paper," from Old French papier "paper" (see paper (n.)) + mâché "compressed, mashed," from past participle of mâcher, literally "to chew," from Late Latin masticare "masticate" (see mastication).
papilla (n.): plural papillae, 1690s, "nipple," from Latin papilla "nipple," diminutive of papula "swelling" (see pap (n.2)). Meaning "nipple-like protuberance" attested from 1713.
papillary (adj.): 1660s, from Latin papilla (see papilla) + -ary.
papilledema (n.): also papilloedema, 1908, from papilla + edema.
papilloma (n.): 1866, a modern Latin hybrid from papilla + -oma.
papillon (n.): 1907, as a breed of dog, from French papillon, literally "butterfly," from Latin papilionem (nominative papilio) "butterfly," perhaps from a reduplicated form of PIE root *pal- "to touch, feel, shake."

The Latin word is cognate with Old English fifealde "butterfly," Old Saxon fifoldara, Old Norse fifrildi, Old High German vivaltra, German Falter. The dog so called for the shape of the ears.
papish (adj.): 1540s; see papal + -ish.
papist (n.): 1530s, "adherent of the pope," from Middle French papiste, from papa "pope," from Church Latin papa (see pope).
papoose (n.): 1630s, from Narragansett papoos "child," or a similar New England Algonquian word; said to mean literally "very young."
paprika (n.): 1896, from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, a diminutive from Serbo-Croatian papar "pepper," from Latin piper or Modern Greek piperi (see pepper (n.)). A condiment made from a New World plant, introduced into Eastern Europe by the Turks; known in Hungary by 1569.
Papua: race that inhabits New Guinea, 1610s, from Malay papuah "frizzled." Related: Papuan.