Etymograph

English

repaper

From re- + paper.

A compound of re- + paper

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Ancient Greek πάπυρος ‘papyrus’

Latin papȳrus ‘papyrus’

Old Catalan paper

Anglo-Norman papier

Middle English paper

English paper

Today it means

verb To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repaper”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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