Where does “Tupperware” come from?
Tupperware is a proprietary name derived from English Tupper, combined with English ware, ultimately from English soft via the repeated development of software terminology.
Tupperware (English): A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers
Definitions
- A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers
Ancestry of “Tupperware”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ware | Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items... |
| 2 | Middle English | ware | Alternative form of veir; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | wær | cautious, on guard, watching out for something;... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |