Where does “roofkopie” come from?
roofkopie (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kopie, from Dutch kopie, from Middle Dutch copie, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
roofkopie (Afrikaans): copy of content the former of which has been obtained under violation of intellectual property rights
Definitions
- copy of content the former of which has been obtained under violation of intellectual property rights
Ancestry of “roofkopie”, step by step
roofkopie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans kopie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kopie | copy |
| 2 | Dutch | kopie | copy |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | copie | — |
| 4 | Old French | copie | abundance, plenty; transcript, copy |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | copia | reproduction, transcript; copy; supply |
| 6 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 7 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Afrikaans roof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | roof | — |