Where does “tapering” come from?
Tapering comes from English taper, from English tape, from Chinese 兒, from Latin papyrus meaning the papyrus plant, ultimately from Ancient Greek πάπυρος.
tapering (English): present participle of taper; A tapered shape
Definitions
- present participle of taper; A tapered shape
Ancestry of “tapering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tapera | taper; to make thinner or narrower at one end |
| 2 | English | taper | A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;... |
| 3 | Middle English | taper | taper thin candle |
| 4 | Old English | tapor | taper |
| 5 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |