Where does “tamp” come from?
Tampion comes from Middle French tampon, a word of unknown ultimate origin denoting a plug or stopper.
tamp (English): To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or...
Definitions
- To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or...
Ancestry of “tamp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tampion | A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the... |
| 2 | Middle French | tampon | — |
| 3 | Middle French | tapon | — |
| 4 | Old French | tape | plug, bung, tap |
| 5 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
Words derived from “tamp”