Other Methods
- Reverse Reduced: 2+8+2+4+9 = 25
- Reverse Ordinal: 11+26+11+22+9 = 79
- Jewish: 60+1+60+5+80 = 2
06 - English: 96+6+96+30+108 = 336
Research
- Etymology:
- Mid-14c.:
- ("material consisting of a compacted web or felting of vegetable fibers, commonly as a thin, flexible sheet for writing, printing, etc.")
- From Anglo-French paper, Old French papier:
- ("paper, document")
- From Latin papyrus:
- ("paper, paper made of papyrus stalks")
- From Greek papyros:
- ("any plant of the paper plant genus")
- A loan-word of unknown origin, often said to be Egyptian
- Sense of "essay, dissertation on a topic" is from 1660s
- Meaning "bills of exchange, paper money" is attested by 1722
- As "paper for covering the walls of interiors" 1764
- As "printed sheet of news" 1640s
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