Where does “couppleger” come from?
couppleger (Dutch) comes from Dutch coup, from French coup, from Old French colp, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
couppleger (Dutch): a putschist, one who perpetrates a coup d'état
Definitions
- a putschist, one who perpetrates a coup d'état
Ancestry of “couppleger”, step by step
couppleger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch coup
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | coup | a coup, a coup d'état, a putsch |
| 2 | French | coup | blow, hit, strike; fast and instantaneous action;... |
| 3 | Old French | colp | strike; hit |
| 4 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |