Where does “untapering” come from?

untapering (English) comes from English tapering, from Swedish tapera, from English taper, from Middle English taper, from Old English tapor, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.

untapering (English): Not tapering

Definitions

  1. Not tapering

Ancestry of “untapering”, step by step

untapering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tapering

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtaperingpresent participle of taper; A tapered shape
2Swedishtaperataper; to make thinner or narrower at one end
3EnglishtaperA slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;...
4Middle Englishtapertaper thin candle
5Old Englishtaportaper
6Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂