tampon
English
[ˈtʰæmpɒn], [ˈtʰæmpɑn]
noun
Definitions
- A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
- A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
- An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Etymology
Borrowed from French tampon derived from Middle French tampion derived from Old French tape (bung, plug, tap) derived from Frankish *tappo (plug, stopper) derived from Proto-Germanic *tappô (plug, tap, peg, stopper).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tappô
Gloss
plug, tap, peg, stopper
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- endotamponade English
- tamponade English
- tamponment English
- Tampon German
- tappo Italian
- tampon Dutch, Flemish
- tampon French
- tamponner French
- tampón Spanish, Castilian
- *tappô Proto-Germanic
- tampon Polish
- tæppa Old English
- tæppere Old English
- tæppestre Old English
- tæppian Old English
- tape Middle English
- tapp Middle English
- tappe Middle English
- tappen Middle English
- tappi Old Norse
- tape Old French
- tampa Galician
- zapa Galician
- zapón Galician
- zapho Old High German
- tampion Middle French
- *tappa Gothic
- *tappo Old Dutch
- tapar Old Portuguese
- *tappo Frankish
- *tappō Frankish