Proto-Germanic

*tappô

‘a plug, tap’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *tappô.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *tappô, most familiar first.

• tap ← tappe ← tæppa ← *tappō
• tampon ← tape ← *tappō
• tapas ← tapa ← tapa ← *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰
• tampion ← tampioun ← tampon ← *tappō
• tappoon ← tampón ← tampon ← *tappō

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *tappô