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==Origin==
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], via [[Latin]] from Greek ''papuros'' — see also [[paper]]
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], via [[Latin]] from Greek ''papuros'' — see also [[paper]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
The [[English]] word "papyrus" derives, via Latin, from Greek πάπυρος (papuros),[12] a loanword of unknown (perhaps Pre-Greek) origin. Greek has a second word for it, βύβλος (bublos] said to derive from the name of the Phoenician city of Byblos). The [[Greek]] writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus Theophrastus], who flourished during the 4th century BC, uses ''papuros'' when referring to the plant used as a foodstuff and ''bublos'' for the same plant when used for nonfood products, such as cordage, basketry, or [[writing]] surfaces. The more specific term βίβλος biblos, which finds its way into English in such words as 'bibliography', 'bibliophile', and 'bible', refers to the inner bark of the papyrus plant. Papyrus is also the etymon of 'paper', a similar substance. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language Egyptian language], papyrus was known by the terms wadj (w3ḏ), tjufy (ṯwfy), and djet (ḏt).
The [[English]] word "papyrus" derives, via Latin, from Greek πάπυρος (papuros),[12] a loanword of unknown (perhaps Pre-Greek) origin. Greek has a second word for it, βύβλος (bublos] said to derive from the name of the Phoenician city of Byblos). The [[Greek]] writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus Theophrastus], who flourished during the 4th century BC, uses ''papuros'' when referring to the plant used as a foodstuff and ''bublos'' for the same plant when used for nonfood products, such as cordage, basketry, or [[writing]] surfaces. The more specific term βίβλος biblos, which finds its way into English in such words as 'bibliography', 'bibliophile', and 'bible', refers to the inner bark of the papyrus plant. Papyrus is also the etymon of 'paper', a similar substance. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language Egyptian language], papyrus was known by the terms wadj (w3ḏ), tjufy (ṯwfy), and djet (ḏt).
