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Where does “tapas” come from?

Tapas comes from Sanskrit तप्, which derives from Proto-Indo-European tep-, ultimately from the root deh₂- meaning to warm or heat.

tapas (English): A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks,...

Definitions

  1. A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks,...

Ancestry of “tapas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-sUsed to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to...
2Middle English-esAlternative form of -yssh; Alternative form of...
3Old English-espossessive marker, indicating that an object...
4Proto-Germanic-as—
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “tapas”

  • tapaslike
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