Meaning

noun a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening

noun a recording made on magnetic tape

noun the finishing line for a foot race

originFrom Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0