tapor

tapor

1. axe

• Robert Rucker, Anjam Organised Phonology Data (2000), p. 2

tapor

1. alternative form of taper

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.por/

tapor m (nominative plural taporas)

1. taper

• Middle English: taper
  • English: taper