Where does “taper” come from?

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

taper (French): to slap, knock, beat; to type; to hit, beat, rap

Definitions

  1. to slap, knock, beat; to type; to hit, beat, rap

Ancestry of “taper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtaper—
2Old Frenchtapper—
3Frankishtappōn—
4Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap

Words derived from “taper”

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