Where does “tapaz” come from?

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

tapaz (Mauritian Creole): noise, sound

Definitions

  1. noise, sound

Ancestry of “tapaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtapagenoise; first-person singular present indicative...
2Frenchtaperto slap, knock, beat; to type; to hit, beat, rap
3Middle Frenchtaper—
4Old Frenchtapper—
5Frankishtappōn—
6Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap
Every word from Proto-Germanic tappōną →Every word from Frankish tappōn →Every word from Old French tapper →