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Stage 1 of 3
rizma
Arabic · medieval
"a bundle, bale"
literally a bundle, applied to a bundle of paper sheets
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Stage 2 of 3
reyme
Old French · medieval
"a bundle of paper sheets"
carried into French paper-trade vocabulary
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Stage 3 of 3
ream
English · 1400s
"a standard quantity of paper sheets"
settled as the English word for a standard bundle of paper
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