Words and Phrases Part Six
Ready for words on words from The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, 4th Edition (Facts on File Writer's Library) by Robert Hendrickson (published in 2008)? This week it’s P, Q, and R. Paper In ancient times paper was made from the pith and stem of the Egyptian papyrus plant soaked in water and pressed into sheets. The Latin papyrus, for the plant, came to mean paper and passed into French as papier, which gave us the English word paper. Penknife A penkni