Where does “taper” come from?
Taper derives from English tape, which comes from Chinese 兒, Latin papyrus, Latin -are, Latin -arius, Ancient Greek πάπυρος, and Proto-Indo-European deh₂-.
taper (English): A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;...
Definitions
- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;...
Ancestry of “taper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | taper | taper |
| 2 | Old English | tapor | taper |
| 3 | Latin | papȳrus | — |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “taper”