Where does “tapițerie” come from?
tapițerie (Romanian) comes from Romanian tapițer, from Polish tapicer, from French tapissier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
tapițerie (Romanian): arras
Definitions
- arras
Ancestry of “tapițerie”, step by step
tapițerie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian tapițer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tapițer | upholsterer; tapestry-maker |
| 2 | Polish | tapicer | upholsterer |
| 3 | French | tapissier | tapestry-maker; upholsterer |
| 4 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Italian tappezzeria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tappezzeria | curtains British, drapes US, soft furnishings |
| 2 | Italian | -eria | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ería | Turns a noun into a store or restaurant that... |
| 4 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |