Where does “accouplement” come from?
accouplement (English) comes from French accouplement, from French accoupler, from French coupler, from Latin cōpulāre, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium.
accouplement (English): The act of coupling, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of coupling, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “accouplement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | accouplement | coupling, mating; coupling |
| 2 | French | accoupler | to pair up, go together, get into a couple; to... |
| 3 | French | coupler | to couple |
| 4 | Latin | cōpulāre | — |
| 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 | — |