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Where does “zapi” come from?

zapi (Esperanto) comes from English zap — A sound made by a sudden release of electricity...

zapi (Esperanto): to zap, change TV channels repeatedly and/or by...

Definitions

  1. to zap, change TV channels repeatedly and/or by...

Ancestry of “zapi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzapA sound made by a sudden release of electricity...
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