Where does “tapezieren” come from?

tapezieren (German) comes from French tapisser, from French tapis, from Middle French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin tappetium, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

tapezieren (German): to wallpaper; paper a wall

Definitions

  1. to wallpaper; paper a wall

Ancestry of “tapezieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtapisserto carpet; to decorate; to cover; to overlay
2Frenchtapismasculine plural of the past participle of tapir;...
3Middle Frenchtapizcarpet
4Vulgar Latintappetium—
5Latintapēsrug, carpet
6Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat

Words derived from “tapezieren”

Every word from Ancient Greek τάπης →Every word from Latin tapēs →Every word from Vulgar Latin tappetium →