Where does “audiotape” come from?
Audiotape combines English audio, from Latin audio meaning "I hear," from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-, with English tape, from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂-.
audiotape (English): A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for...
Definitions
- A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for...
Ancestry of “audiotape”, step by step
audiotape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tape | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface... |
| 2 | Middle English | tape | Alternative form of tappe; band, ribbon, tape |
| 3 | Old English | tæppa | tap, spigot; band, ribbon, tape |
| 4 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |