Etymograph

English

tapadera

Tapadera comes from Spanish tapadera ‘lid, cover’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenttapadera1‘lid, cover’
  2. Englishtodaytapadera1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tapadera

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenttapaderaWiktionary, English tapadera‘lid, cover’
  2. EnglishtodaytapaderaWiktionary, English tapadera

Every English word from Spanish tapadera

Today it means

noun One of the leather hoods that cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tapadera”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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