Where does “tapa” come from?
tapa (French) comes from French taper, from Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, from Frankish tappōn, from Proto-Germanic tappōną.
tapa (French): third-person singular past historic of taper
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of taper
Ancestry of “tapa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | taper | to slap, knock, beat; to type; to hit, beat, rap |
| 2 | Middle French | taper | — |
| 3 | Old French | tapper | — |
| 4 | Frankish | tappōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tappōną | — |