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Where does “tapper” come from?
tapper (Old French) comes from Frankish tappōn, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.
Ancestry of “tapper”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Frankish
tappōn
—
2
Proto-Germanic
tappōną
to tap
Words derived from “tapper”
tap
tapping
taps
taproot
taproom
tappet
tapper
tapster
doolally
taphole
wiretapper
heeltap
tappy
tappable
multitap
tapstress
untappable
taphouse
tappee
tapware
tappingly
tappeth
retap
midtap
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