Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn. · To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source). · To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis. · To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container. · An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”). · A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe. · A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
The noun is derived from Middle English tappe (“hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows”), from Old English tæppa, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”). Doublet of tapa. The verb is derived from Middle English tappen (“to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)”), from Old English tæppian (“to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap”), and then either: * from Old English tæppa (see above) + -ian (suffix forming verbs); or * from Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from *tappô (noun) (see above). Verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.3.5 (“to turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round”) alludes to the abilities or resources of the card or piece having been drawn on to the point of temporary exhaustion: see verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.3.2.
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- Root classification mention*deh₂p-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiontappeenm · hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows
- Inherited-form mentiontæppaang
- Inherited-form mention*tappōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tappôgem-pro · a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick
- Inherited-form mention*deh₂p-ine-pro · to lose; to sacrifice
- Inherited-form mentiontappenenm · to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)
- Inherited-form mentiontæppianang · to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap
- Inherited-form mention*tappōnągem-pro
This page abbreviates 18 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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