Where does “tapermaker” come from?
tapermaker (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.
tapermaker (English): The manufacture of tapers
Definitions
- The manufacture of tapers
Ancestry of “tapermaker”, step by step
tapermaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taper | A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;... |
| 2 | Middle English | taper | taper thin candle |
| 3 | Old English | tapor | taper |
| 4 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |