Where does “tapage” come from?

tapage (French) comes from French taper, from Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, from Frankish tappōn, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.

tapage (French): noise; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. noise; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “tapage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtaperto slap, knock, beat; to type; to hit, beat, rap
2Middle Frenchtaper—
3Old Frenchtapper—
4Frankishtappōn—
5Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap

Words derived from “tapage”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tappōną →Every word from Frankish tappōn →Every word from Old French tapper →