page
page · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
One side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper.
- 2.
A document or screen of information on the internet.
- 3.
A young person employed to run errands or carry messages.
- 4.
A young person attending a person of rank.
- 5.
To summon over a public address system or paging device.
- 6.
To turn pages; to browse.
Forms
plural: pages
Related words
Etymology
From Old French page, from Latin pagina meaning "page, leaf, strip of papyrus fastened together," from the root pag- meaning "to fasten." The servant sense comes from a different origin: Italian paggio, perhaps from Greek paidion meaning "boy, child."