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Where does “dyaper” come from?

dyaper (Middle English) comes from Old French dyapre, from Latin diaspra, from Greek δίασπρος.

dyaper (Middle English): Fabric with repetitive patterns of shapes or...

Definitions

  1. Fabric with repetitive patterns of shapes or...

Ancestry of “dyaper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdyapre—
2Latindiaspra—
3Greekδίασπρος—

Words derived from “dyaper”

  • diaper
  • diaperless
  • diaperlike
  • rediaper
  • diaperism
  • bediaper
  • diaperish
  • diapers
  • diaperhood
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