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Where does “tapeta” come from?

tapeta (Polish) comes from German Tapete, from Latin tapēte, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

tapeta (Polish): wallpaper; makeup, especially excessive and/or...

Definitions

  1. wallpaper; makeup, especially excessive and/or...

Ancestry of “tapeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTapetewallpaper
2Latintapēte—
3Latintapēs—
4Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat
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