Where does “tapa-boca” come from?

tapa-boca (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tapa, from Gothic tappa, from Proto-Germanic tappô, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂p-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- — to share, divide.

tapa-boca (Portuguese): a slap on someone's mouth to make them shut up

Definitions

  1. a slap on someone's mouth to make them shut up

Ancestry of “tapa-boca”, step by step

tapa-boca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetapaslap; argument without a replica; discrete...
2Gothictappa—
3Proto-Germanictappôplug; tap
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂p-to sacrifice; to lose
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

via Portuguese boça

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseboçacable
2Old Portuguesebocamouth
3Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- →