The concept of tape goes back to at least when folk were speaking Old English and Latin and basically refers to a strip of material (generally cloth) used to measure something. Which would basically go back as long as we were cutting/sewing material to shape/size. So think proto-tents and clothing.

So assuming “giant fucking worm in someone’s intestines” was considered beyond “possessed by whichever god we don’t like this week”, it stands to reason they would be named in a similar vein.