Where does “couplet” come from?
couplet (Dutch) comes from French couplet, from French couple, from Old French couple, from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium.
couplet (Dutch): verse of a song
Ancestry of “couplet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | couplet | couplet |
| 2 | French | couple | two partners in a romantic or sexual... |
| 3 | Old French | couple | couple; sexual liaison |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | copla | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 6 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 7 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |