taper
Middle English
/ˈtaːpər/
noun
Definitions
- taper thin candle
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tapor (taper, candle, wick of a lamp) derived from Latin papȳrus (papyrus, paper).
Origin
Latin
papȳrus
Gloss
papyrus, paper
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
紙, 箋
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hag-taper English
- multitaper English
- nanotaper English
- paper English
- taper English
- taperer English
- taperless English
- taperlike English
- taperness English
- taperstick English
- tapertail English
- taperwise English
- *papīlus Latin
- paperium Latin
- papyraceus Latin
- papyrifer Latin
- papyrius Latin
- papyrus Latin
- papȳrus Latin
- Papier German
- papirusz Hungarian
- papiro Italian
- papyrus French
- papiro Spanish, Castilian
- πάπυρος Ancient Greek
- πάπῡρος Ancient Greek
- papiro Portuguese
- tapor Old English
- papirus Middle English
- paper Old French
- papier Old French
- paper Catalan, Valencian
- papură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- papīrs Latvian
- papero Ido
- papir Middle Low German
- 파피루스 Korean
- palperi Romansh
- palpier Romansh
- palpieri Romansh
- pulpier Romansh
- pupi Romansh
- pupier Romansh
- paper xno
- paper Old Catalan