Etymology

taupe

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Today it means: A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. Full definition →

French taupe ← Latin talpa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtalpa“mole”
  2. French · borrowed fromtaupe
  3. English todaytaupe

Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.

Words from the same roots

Latintalpa all →

talpatalpid

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.