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Where does “taperer” come from?

taperer (English) comes from English taper, from Middle English taper, from Old English tapor, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

taperer (English): A person who carries a taper in a religious...

Definitions

  1. A person who carries a taper in a religious...

Ancestry of “taperer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaperA slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;...
2Middle Englishtapertaper
3Old Englishtaportaper
4Latinpapȳrus—
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →