Old English · noun
tapor
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈtɑ.por/
- Syllables
- ˈtɑ · por (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- taper
Meaning
-
taper
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
No cognates exist in other Germanic languages: perhaps borrowed from Latin papyrus (via an unattested form *papur), which in later use also meant ‘candle-wick’ (compare Spanish pabilo (“candlewick”)). In early Middle English glossaries, Latin papyrus was glossed as taper. See also German Kerze (“candle”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus”).
Descendants
taper
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