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Where does “tapiso” come from?

tapiso (Ido) comes 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.

tapiso (Ido): carpet; cover for billiard table

Definitions

  1. carpet; cover for billiard table

Ancestry of “tapiso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanteppich—
2Middle High Germanteppich—
3Old High Germanteppih—
4Englishtappedsimple past tense and past participle of tap;...
5Latintapicus—
6Latintapēs—
7Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat

Words derived from “tapiso”

  • tapiseto
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