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How to spell paper

Paper is spelled P-A-P-E-R.

hear itpa·per/'peɪpər/nounSounds

What it means: A material for writing or printing.

In a sentence: I wrote a story on my paper.

Same family: newspaper, paperboy, paperwork, papery, paperless. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “paper” comes from the Latin word “papyrus,” the name of an ancient writing material made from a plant in Egypt. Over time, the term shifted to mean the modern wood-based sheets we use and also the printed news we call a “paper.”

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