Where does “Copperfield” come from?
Copperfield (English) comes from English copper, from English cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup-, from Proto-Indo-European gew- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...
Ancestry of “Copperfield”, step by step
Copperfield traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English copper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copper | A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic... |
| 2 | English | cop | To capture or arrest someone |
| 3 | Middle English | cop | summit; top, tip, topmost part; top of the head,... |
| 4 | Old English | cop | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kopp | vessel, container, bowl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kuppaz | round object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gup- | round object, knoll |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gew- | to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;... |
via English field
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | field | A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns;... |
| 2 | Middle English | feeld | A field; The countryside; empty land that... |
| 3 | Old English | feld | field |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |