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Where does “tapiz” come from?

tapiz (Middle French) comes from Vulgar Latin tappetium, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

tapiz (Middle French): carpet

Definitions

  1. carpet

Ancestry of “tapiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintappetium—
2Latintapēs—
3Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat
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