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Where does “тапета” come from?

тапета (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Tapete, from Latin tapēte, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

тапета (Serbo-Croatian): wallpaper

Definitions

  1. wallpaper

Ancestry of “тапета”, step by step

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