Where does “cuevre” come from?

cuevre (Champenois) comes from Old French cuivre, from Latin cȳprium, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cuevre (Champenois): copper

Definitions

  1. copper

Ancestry of “cuevre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcuivrecopper
2Latincȳprium—
3Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →