Where does “taper” come from?

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

Ancestry of “taper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtapper—
2Frankishtappōn—
3Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap

Words derived from “taper”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tappōną →Every word from Frankish tappōn →Every word from Old French tapper →