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Q.1037: Is Papyrus a paper?
Ans. The word paper is driven from Papyrus but Papyrus is not truly a paper.
What is Papyrus?
The Egyptians used this aquatic plant to create a writing sheet by peeling apart the plant's tissue-thin layers and stacking them in overlapping, crosshatched pieces to form a sheet. Despite giving us the word "paper," papyrus is not a true paper.
Papyrus Plant