Where does “lito-tapiso” come from?
lito-tapiso (Ido) comes from Ido tapiso, from German teppich, from Middle High German teppich, from Old High German teppih, from English tapped, from Latin tapicus, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.
lito-tapiso (Ido): bedspread
Definitions
- bedspread
Ancestry of “lito-tapiso”, step by step
lito-tapiso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido tapiso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | tapiso | carpet; cover for billiard table |
| 2 | German | teppich | rug, carpet cloth covering for a floor |
| 3 | Middle High German | teppich | — |
| 4 | Old High German | teppih | — |
| 5 | English | tapped | simple past tense and past participle of tap;... |
| 6 | Latin | tapicus | — |
| 7 | Latin | tapēs | rug, carpet |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τάπης | carpet, rug, mat |
via Ido lito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | lito | bed |
| 2 | Latin | lēctus | chosen; picked; having been selected |
| 3 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 4 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |