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

tapiso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German teppich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanteppichrug, carpet cloth covering for a floor
2Middle High Germanteppich—
3Old High Germanteppih—
4Englishtappedsimple past tense and past participle of tap;...
5Latintapicus—
6Latintapēsrug, carpet
7Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat

via French tapis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtapismasculine plural of the past participle of tapir;...
2Middle Frenchtapizcarpet
3Vulgar Latintappetium—

Words derived from “tapiso”

Every word from Ancient Greek τάπης →Every word from Latin tapēs →Every word from Latin tapicus →